In the psychological thriller of acclaimed director Edgar Wright ( Baby Driver ), Eloise, a young fashion designer, mysteriously moves to 1960s London, where she meets a talented singer on the brink of her career. Despite appearances, the charming London from her imaginations turns out to be not as beautiful as she would like, and dreams take her into the unknown darkness of the British metropolis. The movie will be released on Blu-ray ™ and DVD on April 27.
They say the past cannot be brought back. What if it turns out to be possible? This possibility is faced by Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie), a fledgling college student and fashion designer whose obsession with 1960s London literally takes her to a dream age. However, it soon turns out that the world she experiences goes far beyond her imagination, revealing the darkest of her faces.
Eloise quickly realizes how much she does not fit in with modern London, and after a series of unpleasantness on the part of her peers, she decides to replace the noisy dormitory with a much quieter room in the attic of the old house belonging to Mrs. Collins (Diana Rigg). It is there that her mysterious gift will reveal herself, and there she will be immersed in dreams of dirty, neon-lit London in the 1960s.
Are night vision just dreams? Eloise discovers that she is playing them in Sandie ( Anya Taylor-Joy ), a singer aspiring to the position of a star, who confidently makes her way to conquer the London Café De Paris. Sandie, who seems born to shine, gains recognition very quickly, and when she meets Jack (Matt Smith), the whole world opens up to her. An influential manager who can introduce her to the right people takes her on a journey of love, stage lamps and big dreams, and with Sandie, Eloise is walking. However, when it turns out that everything that is beautiful hides impenetrable darkness, their lives will begin to intertwine not only in dreams, but also in reality.
W Ostatniej nocy w Soho realizm miesza się z oniryzmem, ciemność z blaskiem neonów, miłość ze zniszczeniem. W świecie wykreowanym przez Edgara Wrighta nic nie jest takim, jakim się wydaje.
It’s a nightmare powered by neon light. It’s real, but it happens in a dream , says Anya Taylor-Joy about the film.
A world where you can never be sure , echoed Thomasin McKenzie.
It’s a thriller that’s really dark, but also danceable, and weirdly colorful , says Matt Smith, adding: it’s amazing how many contradictory elements work together here. Only Edgar Wright could have shot something like this .
“Last Night in Soho” is a love letter to a very specific part of London and the era in which the Rolling Stones may have appeared with Princess Margaret , says screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns. “It is a love letter to the past, but also a warning not to stare at it with too much nostalgia ,” he adds.
In short, everything the director wanted so much was achieved here – a symphony of contradictions.
I love London and I love the sixties , says Edgar Wright. But the relationship with the city is always a mixture of love and hate. It can be brutal and beautiful at the same time, and it changes and develops all the time. When talking about it, it is very easy to fall into the trap of exaggerated romanticization of bygone eras, especially if we think about the world before our birth. Sometimes, when we talk to someone who really remembers these unknown times, it happens that they are very eager to talk about them, but it always feels like there is a space in these stories that they do not want to touch. Sometimes we only hear that “those were hard times.” What is really under this statement? Such a look under rose-colored glasses was something that became my goal in this film.
Wright adds that he may have spent more time in Soho alone in the past few decades than in his own home. This area of central London, just over a square kilometer, has always been home to bars, nightclubs, theaters and cinemas, and has also become the center of the British film industry over the past few decades. Londoners, especially those who work creatively, very often spend their evenings there. However, returning home at night, it is impossible not to look at Soho as a suspicious place. For two centuries, it has also been a kind of sin capital: strip clubs, brothels and strange figures lurking around corners and dark alleys. This is where the charm of Soho lies – it is the heart of show business, but also the famous habitat of evil, inhabited by prostitutes, thieves and all kinds of shady company.
This dual quality inspired The Last Night in Soho . A certain combination of the gloom of the streets, an echo of swinging LondonThe 1960s and many years of fascination with the music of that period gave Wright an idea to tell a story about a young idealist who, following her dreams, learns all these dark secrets. He also quickly decided that the heroine must be a woman. But he wanted to avoid the stereotype and moralizing typical of many old films about girls coming to London for the first time. To emphasize this, he uncompromisingly woven the background for the events he had invented. He showed exploitation, hypocrisy and all the dirt of the past times in all its glory. At the same time, however, he made his image extremely real, also showing the great complexity of the place and time he tells about.
Last Night in Soho is a story born of many night walks in this part of London. It is at this time that reality seems to merge with dreams to the fullest, and the history of the buildings encountered begins to speak with its own voice, which cannot but evoke terror. After all, as one of the film’s characters notices, in every house in this city, in every room, someone once died .
Last Night in Soho will be released in Blu-ray ™ and DVD formats on April 27.
Special features on Blu-ray ™ and DVD editions:
- Unused scenes
- Behind-the-scenes footage about the making of a movie, featuring the creators and cast
