Red Road (film)

Red Road
Red Road
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andrea Arnold
Written by	Andrea Arnold
Produced by	Carrie Comerford
Starring	Kate Dickie; Tony Curran; Martin Compston; Natalie Press;
Cinematography	Robbie Ryan
Edited by	Nicolas Chaudeurge
Production; companies	UK Film Council; Scottish Screen; Glasgow Film Office; BBC Films; Zoma Films; Verve Pictures; Sigma Films; Zentropa Entertainment;
Distributed by	Verve Pictures (United Kingdom); Camera Film (Denmark);
Release dates	20 May 2006 (Cannes); 27 October 2006 (United Kingdom); 29 June 2007 (Denmark);
Running time	113 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Denmark;
Language	English

Red Road is a 2006 psychological thriller^[3] film directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, and Natalie Press. It tells the story of a CCTV security operator who observes through her monitors a man from her past. It is named after, and partly set at, the Red Road Flats in Balornock, Glasgow, Scotland, which were the tallest residential buildings in Europe at the time they were built.^[4] It was shot largely in a Dogme 95 style, using handheld cameras and natural light. The Observer polled several filmmakers and film critics who voted it as one of the best British films in the last 25 years.^[5]

Red Road is the first film in Advance Party, a projected trilogy following a set of rules dictating how the films will be written and directed. They will all be filmed and set in Scotland, using the same characters and cast. Each film will be made by a different first-time director.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Red Road". Lumiere. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Red Road (2006)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ Macdonald, Moira (22 June 2007). "On the "Red Road" to revenge, driven by grief". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "Springburn Heritage Trail 1989- 17 Red Road Flats". Glasgow Digital Library, gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "The Observer Film Quarterly's best British films of the last 25 years". The Observer. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^ "rrnotes.pdf" (PDF). Vervepics.com.

[lumiere-1] "Red Road". Lumiere. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[bfi-2] "Red Road (2006)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[3] Macdonald, Moira (22 June 2007). "On the "Red Road" to revenge, driven by grief". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[4] "Springburn Heritage Trail 1989- 17 Red Road Flats". Glasgow Digital Library, gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[Ob25-5] "The Observer Film Quarterly's best British films of the last 25 years". The Observer. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

[6] "rrnotes.pdf" (PDF). Vervepics.com.

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