ABOUT THE FILM

Animal Factory has been previewed at film festivals around the world, including Italy, South Africa, Sarajevo and the U.S., and recently the UK filmgoer had a chance to see it at the 44th Regus London Film Festival.

Adapted by Eddie Bunker from his novel and directed by Steve Buscemi of Reservoir Dogs fame (amongst others), the film has already received some attention. News.24.com give it a four star rating, commenting:

The strength of director Steve Buscemi's approach, is that he slows it all down. The film has the leisurely pace of a documentary, it doesn't try to break boundaries, but reflects the loss of freedom by keeping us in confined spaces, in the class, the exercise yard. He also gets an ad lib quality out of the acting, that makes you feel he's using authentic prisoners...

Chris Wiegand reviewed the film for Kamera.co.uk and you can read his review there.

Other review material and pre release information is available on the Sundance Festival site, on dbmedia and on the kodak.com site, amongst others. More information is available on upcomingmovies.com but for the most fulsome treatment have a look at this review from Variety, where they provide a three pages of analysis.