In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, wi... Read allIn Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
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Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is looking for a dress for a blind date. The shop assistant Miss Luckmore (Fatma Mohamed) a lady with a thick east european accent and a peculiar way of talking sells her an artery red dress with a mind of its own. It also is a bearer of bad fortune.
Sheila gets a rash and the washing machine dismantles when washing the dress. She has strange dreams and maybe her work is being affected. Sheila is a bank clerk who seems to be having weird appraisal meetings which includes being criticised that she has not shaken hands properly with someone.
Later the story switches to Reg (Leo Bill) and his fiance Babs (Hayley Squires.) Reg wore the dress as a prank for his drunken stag night and again they seemed cursed. He gets a rash, the washing machine falls apart. Reg who is a washing machine repairer gets fired by his employer for fixing his own machine without permission. Something about they provided him with the training.
In Fabric is a strange surreal film with influences that range from David Lynch, Dario Argento, Terry Gilliam to Ken Loach. It is set in some undefined time, but it looks like the 1980s. It makes a statement about consumerism and working in nightmarish bureaucratic organisations. The low cost airline Ryanair charge their pilots for their training. One day the pilots might go and work for someone else with the training they have provided to them.
The second half is certainly weaker and the change of cast is jarring. At times it is too weird for its own good. Maybe the film should had stuck with Sheila's story and then ended.
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- TriviaThe 01632 dialing code used by characters throughout the movie does not exist - it is specifically reserved for use in works of fiction created in the UK such as movies, TV shows and books.
- Goofs1:38:58 Into the movie, an animal can be seen darting across the screen.
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loudspeaker in department store: A dramatic affliction has compromised our trusted department store. Get out graciously.
- Crazy creditsIncludes a credit for "Mannequin Pubic Hair".
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Written by James Ferraro
Published by New Age Tapes
Performed by James Ferraro
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- $197,592
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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