| 15 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Royston Tan |
| Written by | Royston Tan |
| Produced by | Tan Fong Cheng Eric Khoo |
| Starring | Shaun Tan Melvin Chen Erick Chun Vynn Soh Melvin Lee |
| Cinematography | Lim Ching Leong |
| Edited by | Jeff Stevens Nigel Fernandez |
| Music by | Yellowbox |
| Distributed by | Zhao Wei FIlms |
Release date | 27 April 2003 |
| 96 minutes | |
| Country | Singapore |
| Languages | Hokkien Mandarin |
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15 is a 2003 Singaporean coming-of-ageblackcomedy-drama film about teenage gangsters in the Singapore suburbs. Directed by Royston Tan, the film is an expanded version of Tan's 2002 award-winning short film, also titled 15. It is one of the few Singaporean films to feature brief full-frontal male nudity, together with the Singaporean-Thai film Pleasure Factory and the Singaporean-Hong Kong film Bugis Street.
Plot[edit]
The film stars three real-life juvenile gangsters, all aged 15, giving an accurate depiction of Chinese teenage gang-life in the Singapore suburbs. The 2003 film features two more gangsters as characters as well as a fight sequence with more affluent English-educated Singapore youths. Rather than scripting the movie or employing professional actors, Tan attempted to capture the troubled lives of his characters in realistic fashion, apparently without much prior scripting.
Distribution[edit]
In Singapore, the film premiered during the 2003 Singapore International Film Festival.[1]In 2003, it premiered in Canada during the Montreal World Film Festival,[1] and in Britain during the London Film Festival.[1] In 2004, it premiered in the United States during the Sundance Film Festival,[1] and in Australia during the Sydney Film Festival.[1] The film also saw its first US theatrical release in New York City on 13 April 2005.[1][2]
In Singapore, the film is distributed by Zhao Wei Films. In North America, it is distributed by Picture This! Entertainment.[3] Su podium v2.5 plus keygen.
Reception[edit]
Censorship[edit]
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While the Media Development Authority (MDA) ruled that the film should be passed uncut under the then R(A) rating, the Singapore Police Force was concerned that fights could break out given the use of real gang names, locations and secret society chants in the movie, requesting cuts/edits to be made through the MDA for law and order reasons.[4] Under pressure, Royston Tan ended up making reportedly 27 cuts to the film.[5] Opposition was also raised against the heavy use of Hokkien in the film,[citation needed] which is discouraged by the Singapore government in favour of Mandarin and English. These restrictions infuriated Tan, and later led him to create his satirical short film Cut.[5]
Critical reception[edit]
The film received mixed reviews from film critics.[6] On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 50% based on 10 reviews.[7] On Metacritic the film has a score of 47% based on 6 reviews.[8]
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The film has been advertised outside of Singapore in gay publications, due to the heavy homoerotic tension between the characters. However, in an interview segment of the DVD Royston's Shorts, a collection of Tan's short films, Tan affirms that the boys whose lives he portrayed do not identify as gay.
Awards[edit]
- FIPRESCI/NETPAC Award, Singapore International Film Festival (2003)[9]
- Best Fiction, Tampere International Short Film Festival (2003)[9]
- Prize of the Youth Film Competition (Special Mention), Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (2003)[10]
- Grand Prix Asturias (nominated), Gijón International Film Festival (2003)[9]
- Best Director, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (2004)[9][11]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ abcdefIMDB: Release dates for 15: The Movie (2003).
- ^15 at Box Office Mojo.
- ^IMDB: Company Credits for 15: The Movie (2003).
- ^15 at IMDb.
- ^ ab'Take a big breath, you'll survive.'Archived 11 February 2009 at the Wayback MachineThe Standard. 27 July 2006.
- ^See 15 at Rotten Tomatoes and 15 at Metacritic.
- ^15 at Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^15 at Metacritic.
- ^ abcdIMDB: Awards for 15: The Movie (2003).
- ^'Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen: 2003 Award Winners'. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^6th Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente: Winners.
References[edit]
Reviews[edit]
- Bradshaw, Peter. Review.The Guardian. 4 February 2005.
- Dawson, Tom. Review.BBC. 1 February 2005.
- Elley, Derek. Sundance 2004 review.Archived 27 July 2009 at the Wayback MachineVariety. 30 September 2003.
- Fox, Ken. Review.TV Guide. 15 April 2005.
- French, Philip. Review.The Observer. 6 February 2005.
- Johnson, G. Allen. Review.San Francisco Chronicle. 10 June 2005.
- Ng, David. 'Thirteen+2: Aimless Singaporean rebels in directionless youth flick.'The Village Voice. 5 April 2005.
- Smith, Matthew. Review.Film Journal International. 27 October 2005.
- Stevens, Dana. 'Young and Adrift in Singapore.'The New York Times. 13 April 2005.
- Walsh, Brian. 'Street Survivors'.Time. 1 September 2003.
External links[edit]
| Wikiquote has quotations related to: 15 (film) |
- 15 at IMDb
- 15 at AllMovie
- 15 at Rotten Tomatoes
- 15 at Metacritic
- 15 at Box Office Mojo
Fifteen (15) – Whilst Japan and China are firmly established players in world cinema, with Korea fast making a name for itself, other East Asian countries have yet to enjoy such a presence. From Singapore comes the teen-punk rebel picture, 15.
Plot:
Royston Tan 15 Degree
Melvin (Chen), Vynn (Soh), Armani (Melvin Lee), Erick and Shaun (Tan) are all fifteen-year-old gangsters in Singapore. They get into fights, worry about school and take drugs, but mostly they lounge about being teenagers, topless and smoking.
Film:
Fifteen is full of stylistic flourishes. Slow motion, sped-up footage, reverse playback, numerous film stocks, music video interludes, video games pastiches and every so often the screen will flash with cod-philosophical slogans whilst the boys pull poses like a perfume ad. Power geez setup for windows 10. While Fifteen is rarely boring, that doesn't mean it's good. There is one stomach churning scene where one of the boys swallows numerous condoms stuffed with pills – make sure you've not eaten recently should you decide to watch it - and depending on your feelings about piercings and self-harm there are a couple of other scenes you may want to avoid.
The only women in the film are middle-aged ladies who get picked on by the boys on a bus and in a lift – despite the mention of girlfriends and the boys watching straight porn (from the screen's perspective – sound only) there are no girls to be found, which seems odd for a film about teen boys, except for a roof-top suicide who we only see after she hits the pavement. On the whole the acting is pretty poor, unless the monotonous delivery was intentional, though to be fair these are first time, non-professional actors.
The director's admiration for the young men is obvious, as the skinny pretty boys prance around topless and pouting for the most of the film. After no less than three long shots of three of the boys crying, Royston's fondness for this phenomenon in particular is explicitly emphasised by the line “Men's tears are precious. Don't waste it.” at the end. There's nothing wrong with a film that so lovingly looks at the bodies of teen boys, after all Hollywood is chock full of excuses to ogle teen girls, but it's odd that a film which sets out to shock and be on the ‘cutting edge' seems to still be in the closet. There are plenty of films based on growing pains, often with boys as the focus with little time spent with females, but rarely do they dwell on scenes of effeminate tenderness without inklings of same-sex relationships bubbling under the surface.
Disc:
Thrustmaster t300 control panel. The director's commentary gives a fair amount of background behind the filming, but doesn't offer any explanations for choice of style and content beyond pointing out the parts that the boys ad-libbed, and the commentary inexplicably halts for around the last half hour. There are two deleted scenes that don't really seem to have needed deleting, seeing as the film doesn't really have a plot. One does includes crying so maybe Royston thought it was overdoing the anti ‘boys don't cry' angle.
The nine minute interview with the producer and director does feature the director mentioning that some scenes could be labelled as homosexual or queer, but explains that they are in fact just expressions of intimacy or comfort, moments which seldom happen in the boys lives, especially as they are usually trying to project a tough, masculine front to fit the gangster image. The extras are topped off with the original trailer, accompanied by no less than fourteen trailers for other features in Pecadillo's stable.
Overall:
Fifteen does present an intimate snapshot of the teen boys left behind by Singapore's education system that is no doubt rare (the director explains that if kids find themselves on the lower tier after they are split into two streams in their early teens, they often give up, feeling themselves worthless, and some even kill themselves.), but in the end it feels like a coating of stylistic bells and whistles around so much nothing. It may achieve a particular resonance for those familiar with Singaporean culture, but with their boy-band looks and the film's (mostly) glossy treatment, it is hard to feel particularly moved by it.
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