A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 20, 2018
Original Title:
No Ifs or Buts
Alternate Titles:
Cuts The Movie
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Felt Culture
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 93
Filmed over a 22 year period, No Ifs or Buts delivers a portrait of Soho barbershop, Cuts, an iconic London hub for street fashion and pop innovators. Guided by freewheeling founders James Lebon and Steve Brooks, who met when one was a rockabilly and the other a New Romantic, the salon moved from early ’80s postpunk roots to become a hip-hop club and communal hub for DJs, photographers and style icons. But the film "is not just about the haircut", delivering an intimate portrait of Steve struggling with a traumatic past that threatens to derail the Cuts universe. The film traces profound and often tragic change in the hairdressers' lives within the wider context of the UK's political and cultural landscape- an anthem to the promise of youth and the friendships that endure over a lifetime.
Additional Editor:
Ken Flanagan
Associate Producer:
Lucy Guard
Anna Wulff
Cinematography:
Jenny Selden
Nic Tuft
Anne Scott Wilson
Co-Producer:
Jenny Selden
Colorist:
Gwyn Evans
Director:
Sarah Lewis
Director of Photography:
John Hoare
Editor:
Daniel Goddard
Sarah Lewis
Ken Sallows
Executive Producer:
Giorgio di Mitri
Michael Kopelman
Music:
Daniel Goddard
Producer:
Sarah Lewis
Nic Tuft
Sound Effects Editor:
Daniel Kempson
Sound Recordist:
Steve Anderson
Gary Cummings
Aiden Hobbs
Thanks:
Rory Rooney
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