Dreams of a Life Page #3

Synopsis: A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.
Director(s): Carol Morley
Production: Strand Releasing
  7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
95 min
$6,595
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The one moment that will stick

in everybody's mind

was the first time everybody saw her

when Martin brought her out.

"I'm bringing this girl I work with."

We'd heard about her.

She turns up,

she's got a spray-on dress.

And you go, "You jammy bastard."

# If you should see me

# And I'm smiling

# Don't think my smile

# Is for real #

'Martin will kill me for saying this,

'but we were all a bit shocked

'that Martin was going out

with someone quite so stunning.'

'I was astounded.

Absolutely astounded.

We couldn't believe he could end up

with somebody like that.

'But no, she was lovely

and she quite clearly adored him.'

'I was really chuffed

to go out with her.'

I know everyone liked her,

you know.

More than just liked. Fancied her.

'It's an ego trip, isn't it

for any bloke

'if they've got an attractive girlfriend

that everyone else likes.'

'Petite and yet, you know,

a good figure.'

Small feet, I should imagine.

'Great hair, lovely eyes,

'well manicured hands.

'Yeah, pleasing.'

'Maybe my heart

was autter as well.

'I secretly fancied her,

like we all did.

'She was lovely.

Some people are like that.

'Some people are annoyingly happy.'

And other people are just nicely happy.

When you talk to them, they lift you.

'I just can't imagine her

dying alone.

'It was kind of prophetic because

she always felt that she would.'

'It might have been the asthma,

that she could have passed like that.'

'She might have been happy to pass.

Maybe she weren't happy with her life.'

'If you get really bad asthma

you can't move.

'She wasn't terribly good

at taking those Ventolin puffers,

'which she really should

have been doing more often.'

'She used to get pains.

'One night she collapsed.

She was in a lot of pain.

'She had some serious abdominal pain.

'She had ulcers at the time

and didn't know.'

'I was wondering

whether that was stress-related

considering where she was.

'She might have wanted

to just cease to exist from people.

She might be embarrassed

of where she was living.

'She might have wanted

to just be left alone.

'She might not have wanted

to contact her family.'

'She was always

the centre of attraction.

'People would always

gravitate towards her.

'She was like a magnet.'

'She looked like she'd had a good

education from the way she spoke.'

I don't know

what kind of education she had.

'I'd have thought

she was educated at a nice school,

'a sort of colonial school.'

'It was just a nice school,

pleasant to go to, pleasant people.'

It was just friendly, playing.

Happy times for everybody.

Whether the weather be cold,

whether the weather be hot,

we'll be together,

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Carol Morley

Carol Anne Morley (born 14 January 1966) is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. She is best known for her semi-documentary Dreams of a Life, released in 2011, about Joyce Carol Vincent, who died in her North London bedsit in 2003, but was not discovered until 2006.Her older brother is the music journalist, critic and producer Paul Morley. more…

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