Knit Your Own Karma (2001) User Reviews

Deservingly the winner of the sci-fi short competition

[Dragonshadow0 · 10/10 · 5 November 2002]

Warning - may contain spoilers

Original ideas about time travel are hard to find, and even harder to get taken seriously. What a pleasure, then, to find this little gem.

Ok, no dialogue, only one character, but you find yourslef drawn to this tragic little man, and hoping that it all works out for him.

Great cinematography too, and seemless special effects (I know, since I saw the documentary on the competition winner)the road scene outside his front door, where the street seems to go on forever, and curves, was actually filmed on a fairly short, straight road, with parked cars to deal with too. very well done.

A magnificent gem of a film, brilliantly performed.

[AlasdairKay · 10/10 · 2 August 2002]

A magnificent nugget of a film, fusing a land reminiscent of Orwell's 1984 with the deserted terraced suburbs of a grim Northern England. Blue skies beam down onto the house of Mr Gorsky, a drone who reluctantly submits to his employers constant treadmill of work for minimal pay. Then, one day the doorbell rings and he is presented with the bizarrest of chances to improve his life forever. This one-man performance is superbly acting by the amazingly talented Hamish McColl, co-star of The Right Size theatre company, recently renown for their hilarious take on Morecambe and Wise in "The Play Wot I Wrote". McColl easily displays his dismayed acceptance of life's day to day drudge, and draws the viewer in to join in the anticipation when he thinks he has found a way out. The bite size film is one of the few examples of a modern film which will leave you giggling with a positive feeling in this era of "Seven" style dark endings.