Frank

Frank

John falls under the description of an ordinary Irish boy who is passionate about music at a sufficient level to want just something out of the ordinary from life. It is this unusual and even mysterious that he finds in the person of funny Frank. The new acquaintance is a member of a pop group, where the main character unexpectedly finds himself, taking the place of a keyboard player. Frank's personality is unusual and eccentric, which is only worth his head. It is the head, because it is made of papier-mâché and he never takes it off, no matter who or how he asks him to do so. Secretly from everyone, John films the group's adventures on video. Read more The funny and festive character that he is shown in Leonardo Abrahamson's film, Frank was long before the script was written. It originates from a character named Sidebottom invented and performed by comedian Chris Seavey. In addition, Frank's oddball character was partly taken from the personalities of Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart (Don van Vliet), musicians. So John Ronson, a member of the Sidebottom group, personally participated in writing the script for the film. Although at first he thought that the story of this character would have a literary shell. Initially, Johnny Depp was predicted to replace Michael Fassbender, who played F., but for some reasons he never played in the film. All the actors, including Michael, performed the songs themselves, they were not duplicated. Filming took place in New Mexico, Dublin and County Wicklow. Although among the first ideas where to shoot, Sweden appeared, which lost, because Abrahamson was familiar with the landscapes of Ireland. It is quite natural for such a film that it "played" for the first time at the American Sundance International Film Festival, entering the "Premieres" program. Everyone who came to the screening received a Frank mask.