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    Voice Over (1981)

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    Shot in 16mm with no-frills sets and no-frills acting – the film only cost £11,500, mostly supplied by the Welsh Arts Council – Voice Over depicts the world of late-night radio show host “Fats” Bannerman (Ian McNeice) who has developed a cult following by reading his own romance novellas over the airwaves.

    His life changes when he discovers a woman in a red dress (Bish Nethercote) on the side of a road who has been stabbed and beaten to the point of catatonia. He decides to takes her into his flat and cleans and dresses her.

    He gets a doctor to look at her and is advised to take her to an institution for professional help. However, Fats dismisses the advice and keeps the woman. Eventually, he buys a respectable, middle-class house and moves there with the woman, whose only name – the name Fats has given her – is Bitch.

    Meanwhile, Fats’ radio demeanour begins to give way. He stammers on the air, broadcasts multiple tapes of his voice simultaneously and in general suffers a collapse.

    At the film’s end, Fats hacks his housemate to death in a rhythmic, sexual manner and crouches vacantly over her corpse. She never says a word.

    Fats Bannerman
    Ian McNeice
    Bitch/Elizabeth
    Bish Nethercote
    FX Jones
    John Cassady
    Celia
    Sarah Martin
    Frank
    David Pearce
    Doctor
    Stuart Hutton
    PAP Boss
    Eira Moore
    RDOV Boss
    Paul Chandler
    Bitch’s friend
    Carol Owen
    Captain Thompson
    Jon Groome

    Director
    Christopher Monger

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