The Unmaking of a Britflick

The UnMaking of a Britflick is my memoir, a revised, updated version of my earlier The Making of a Britflick - it reads like a diary and is absolutely true (as much as I'm prepared to admit!). It's a screenwriter's wryly real viewpoint of how one particular British film got made against a backdrop of cynicism, chicanery, muddle-headedness and a curious form of madness that appeared to affect almost everyone connected with it. The 'real' film starred a young actor who has since become internationally famous, as well as a splendid established actress. Yet even these two couldn't save it. Paralleling the ongoing insanity is the true story of how the writer meets a ukulele-playing songstress and becomes roadie for her act and starts duetting with her, making complete the overall sense of crazy discovery and confusion. In the end it magically bears witness to the great transformative powers of love and self-belief.