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    Nightshift

    Robina ROSE 1981 UK color 68min DCP
    Over the course of a single nightshift, a West London hotel clerk (played by punk icon Jordan) bears silent witness to a nocturnal constellation of numerous eccentric hotel guests, portrayed by then-prominent figures of countercultural London. As the hours march deeper into night, the hotel transforms into an otherworldly, liminal space swaying between the everyday and the enchanting. Gorgeously shot by Jon JOST with a soundtrack by Simon JEFFES of the legendary Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Nightshift is both a potent snapshot of London’s early-80s art scene and a masterwork of somnambulant cinema.

    Director

    Robina ROSE

    Born in 1951, Robina ROSE was a film projectionist at the Arts Lab on Drury Lane, before attending the Royal College of Art in 1977. She went on to create three distinctive films: Birth Rites (1977), Jigsaw (1980), and Nightshift (1981).

    Robina ROSE

    Screenwriter: Robina ROSE, Nicola LANE

    Producer: Mary ROSE

    Cinematographer: Jon JOST

    Composer: Simon JEFFES

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