The film, directed by the award-winning Paul Tickell, seeks to build up a picture of how and why this violence occurs. This April saw the 10th anniversary of Columbine, but the phenomenon is twice as old. Hundreds have been killed. With extraordinary access to those involved, including one teenage murderer himself, GOING POSTAL tells the story of the school and workplace shootings which have cast a shadow over American society since the 1980s. Update: Here’s some more info on Fridays’ showing of Going Postal, from the promo description: So, now that I’ve given our UK-based readers two reasons to live another week, be prepared because Tickell’s movies will give you plenty of reasons to end it all by next weekend. On Monday, October 12, there’ll be a special screening at the British Library–details here. If you haven’t seen that film yet, then you should–and you can.
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Tickell has also made directed feature films, including the indie black comedy Christy Malry’s Own Double-Entry, a kind of proto-Going Postal movie about dying in the Office World, based on the 1973 novel by B.S. For example, check out if you can Tickell’s documentary “ Punk and the Pistols” for the BBC which he made last decade–it’s by far t he best film on early British punk, and the interviews with Malcolm MacLaren are priceless. Tickell is a rare talent nothing at all like the hammy blowhard middlebrows who have polluted the documentary genre over the past decade. The screening will be held at the Frontline Club, “in the heart of London”–for details click here. The mad and mega-talented director, Paul Tickell, will be on-hand for a Q&A after the showing–I highly recommend taking advantage of that opportunity. Next Friday, October 16, there will be a special screening of the brutal BBC-produced documentary, Going Postal, based on my book of the same name.
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