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The One-Handed Clock

A Short Film based on The Escalator

The One-Handed Clock is produced and directed by Simon Peecock

This short film is of a whole life and uses extracts from the novel.

It is produced and directed by Simon Peecock who writes, ‘I have reworked the edit a number of times – trying to improve its rhythm and structure, piece by piece, shot by shot … I tried to take small pieces from the text and tie them together in a way that could work as a film, while keeping true to the book tonally and characteristically.’

Cinematography and Editing, Simon Peecock

Narrator: Malcolm James

Cast:

1982 Alexandra Turchyn, Nathan Weller

2022 Priscilla Gray, Daniel Johns

The One-Handed Clock – A short film based on The Escalator novel.
The One-Handed Clock – A short film based on The Escalator

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