PRESS
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR FILMS BY PHIL GRABSKY:
Escape from Luanda (72', 2007)
'quietly moving'
Sunday Times
'a tender, inspiring portrait of three war-weary musicians - with a very funky soundtrack'
Radio Times
'through its stillness and powerful subject matter, Escape from Luanda offers a moving...illustration of three individuals seeking (and finding) solace in art and each other.'
Time Out
'This is a fascinating docusoap. Grabsky excels at capturing the atmosphere of a place..This is the proper Africa and not the sensationalised version that Hollywood has portrayed in recent years.'
Oxford Times
Half Life: A Journey to Chernobyl (40’, 2006)
“Mario Petrucci’s compassionate poems about Chernobyl form the basis for David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky’s tender, harrowing film”
The Scotsman
”Recent and archive footage is hauntingly combined, encouraging us to look beyond the enormity of the disaster”
The Times
In Search of Mozart (128’, 2006)
“outstanding…a must see film”
Chicago Sun Times
“In Search of Mozart is challenging and exemplary”
Los Angeles Times
"Conveys the intensity of the musical experience more grippingly than anything I have seen on film or television"
The Times
The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan (96’, 2003)
“Outstanding”
Sunday Times
“Phil Grabsky’s poignant documentary…extraordinary «««« ”
Empire
Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (74’, 2001)
This measured and intelligent contribution from Phil Grabsky is unmissable.’
Daily Telegraph
‘After seeing the movie When We Were Kings, I thought the definitive work had been
done on boxing’s greatest living legend. I was wrong.’
Sunday News, New Zealand
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