Untitled (working title The Disco), 16mm
R&D materials, 16mm camera and film tests, November 11 2023
R&D materials, 16mm camera and film tests, January 27 2024
Original film shoot, Simon, in Available Light, March 2020, b/w reversal, silent, 3mins
New material and phantom words scene, 16mm, 2024
35mm colour stills, Luke Fowler, September 2024
50mm lens, Mark Vernon’s studio, Oct 2024
THE DISCO
A portrait of Simon Eilbeck
A film by Alex Hetherington
16mm colour and black & white, sound, 2024
© Alexander Films MMXXIV
Thank you:
Simon Eilbeck, Colin O’Hara, Luke Fowler, Catherine Street, Conal McStravick, Nat Walpole, Leyre Mann Vadillo, Mark Vernon, Ben Owen, Neil Simpson, Harry Ritchie, Lyndsay Mann, Lydia Beilby, Jim Lambie, Wendy Kirkup, David Upton at LUX Scotland, all at The Poetry Club/SWG3, all at CCA, and Offline, Glasgow, all at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh and Scottish Documentary Institute. Special thank you to Creative Scotland and Annie Hazelwood at CCA, Glasgow
Thank you to Kodak, Digital Orchard, Gauge Film and James Holcombe
Funded by Open Project Creative Scotland and supported by CCA, Glasgow
THE DISCO
Music by David Toop, Henri Pousseur
Sound mix and mastering James Ginzburg and Luke Fowler
Sound recording, (Studio) Mark Vernon
Sound recording, (Tarot, Queens Park) Ben Owen
Sound recording, (Nov) Luke Fowler
Sound assistant, (Tarot, QP, Sept, Oct, Nov) Harry Ritchie
Second camera, Arri (September) Luke Fowler
Voice over: Text written and performed by Catherine Street; Extract from Simon Eilbeck’s essay LET’S GO SWIMMING: One man’s reflections on being gay and bisexual read by Simon Eilbeck
Main cameras, Bolex and Scoopic Alex Hetherington
Edited by Alex Hetherington
Colour stock processed by Kodak London, scan by Digital Orchard
Black and white stock processed and scanned by Gauge Film and James Holcombe
Filmed on location Glasgow, 2023–2024, Edinburgh 2020 (black and white HD reversal)