Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

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Actors in Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry:

Nick Moran
Kate Ashfield
Neil Stuke
Mattia Sbragia
Marcello Mazzarella
Francesco Giuffrida

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A man uses the principles of double-entry bookkeeping to settle his accounts with society.

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User Review - 10/10 by Gökhan AChristie Malry's Own Double-Entry was Johnson's penultimate novel, written in 1973
User Review - 8/10 by Afzal SA book-keeping Billy Liar starts his own Fightclub-like crusade worthy of the Unibomber.... Christie Malry's Own Double Entry should get a rare reprieve from the vaults of British film obscurity, a rare thing in British film, particularly as it came out during the attack of British idiotic indies, out-and-out failures, mostly funded by the Taxpayer (e.g Shooting Fish, Rancid Aluminium, Lock, Stock.... etc). Most of those films came and went. But Christie Malry, based on the novel by cult English experimentalist novelist BS Johnson, and in which Lock Stock actor Moran plays the lead, is the best of these, although ironically it was never released or given any attention, presumably due to its playful, po-faced attitude to terrorism, which would never play post 9/11 (it was made before those events). This in itself is ironic, as Christie is an interesting study in terrorism, a sort of book-keeping Billy Liar who starts his own Fight Club-like crusade worthy of the UniBomber, which attains an added poignancy post 9/11- after all, in the film, made remember in 1999, Christie's surreptitious efforts help start the second Gulf War (and he is portrayed by the media as an Arab). I understand some of the criticisms of the film made by others below, such as Christie's unbelievable jobs, although Christie's bizarre double-entry system- e.g. "debit: Wagner's Lack of Sympathy: Credit: girl at butcher's shop smiled at me", to my mind makes him a more believable character- after all, he is hardly a balanced character. I can add some more myself (the failure to update the seventies novel to the present decade, leading to weird anachronisms- a result of lack of funding or attention in art direction?). But I also believe the film is a brave attempt at finding intelligence and depth in the British indie. Tickell is clearly an admirer of Greenaway, and this shows throughout, in the film's theatrical flair and sense of the visual, as well as the oddball eroticism, all part a way of understanding Christie's abnormal psychology. This is particularly evident in the 'historical' sub-plot of the film (the development of double-bookkeeping in Renaissance Milan by a priest with links to Da Vinci). And I think the acting is marvellous throughout, particularly the Renaisance Italians and Shirley Ann Field as Christie's mother, and Moran, while not a brilliant actor, clearly works hard in the complex task of being Christie (he says it is his best film, although I don't think there's much competition- with the exception of Puritan, another little known British Indie with Moran at its centre).
User Review - 8/10 by Andrew PSuprisingly good movie. I need to rewatch to remember it better.
User Review - 8/10 by Private UActually a very good film although if you buy the DVD, don't put it on show on your shelf. The title often gives raised eyebrows and however much you protest, people always walk away thinking porn. Still, an excellent and underrated film. Give it a go.
User Review - 8/10 by Christopher WOne of the best British movies you've never seen! With a soundtrack to die for! The narrative switches between medievel Italy and the creation of the double-entry system, juxtposed with the current day and Christie Malry's use of it's principles to exact revenge on society. A must for any accountant!
User Review - 4/10 by Mic RUnlikable dullard Christi Marly gets an idea in his head (seemingly a rare occurrence) and it quickly gets way our of hand. The movie has some cool ideas and a few good scenes. But it's not good. I felt a little embarrassed for Kate Ashfield who seems far too good for the treatment she gets in this movie. I can't believe it was only an hour and a half long. It felt MUCH longer.
User Review - 4/10 by Josh GThere's a scene in Christie Malry's Own Double Entry where Christie is applying for a new job. His potential employer is asking him what makes him unique, and Christie can't answer the question. Likewise, the movie can't answer the question for the audience. Malry is a banker, but then after an admittedly kind of cool imagined slaughter, he quits his job and begins working at a candy factory, which mainly consists of following another guy around and talking. A friend tells Christie that he should become an accountant because... he's good with numbers, I guess? Christie takes this to the logical conclusion: using the double-entry system to exact revenge on society. Yes! What is the double-entry system? It's the system of credits and debits that one must use in everyday life. If you pay, say, $15,000 for a car -- you put "$15,000" in the debit side of your ledger and "car" in the credit side of your ledger. That way it all comes out even. Although that may seem easy enough, the movie feels that it's necessary for a second plotline set in the fourteenth century wherein Pacioli (the inventor of the system) explains double-entry in unneeded detail and his good friend Leonardo DaVinci worries mainly about whether his sixteen-year-old apprentice will have sex with him. So, without warning, Christie (in the present) decides to exact revenge on society, only I don't really care much about him to understand what's gotten him so angry, and his system of credits and debits makes little sense. He'll debit himself something like "Wagner's lack of sympathy", then credit himself "Girl at butcher shop smiled at me". How are those two things related at all? You couldn't spend $15,000 on a car and then credit yourself "saw a rainbow on the way home!", so what is he doing? He also assigns monetary values to these intangible items -- say, $10.00 for being honked at by a car (I'm just making that number up, I don't know what he actually wrote). I'll key that car later, which will give me $11.50 worth of pleasure. Hold on, what? But of course, the only reason that anybody watches this movie is because of the soundtrack created by the man-god Luke Haines. Well, the soundtrack is pretty awesome. It's just too bad that it sounds like somebody made this movie with another soundtrack and then added Luke Haines over it. It sounds so completely out of place with the movie. All in all, I'm going to have to say that you'd be better off buying the soundtrack to the film than the actual film. It was an interesting concept that wasn't pulled off very well at all. But maybe that's the point. Double-entry in action: debit yourself this movie, credit yourself the Luke Haines soundtrack.
User Review - 2/10 by David POne to file under pretentious, the main characters rut has been expolered before and better in other films (ie taxi driver) and the two plot stands can't really connect to make a satisfying whole. One not to bother with. If your after british films with a bit of kick stick with Shane Meddows films.

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