Community hub
Recent from talks
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
A Field in England
A Field in England is a 2013 British historical psychological horror film directed by Ben Wheatley. The film, shot in black-and-white, is set during the mid-17th-century English Civil War. The film was released on 5 July 2013 on multiple platforms simultaneously, including cinemas, home media and video on demand. It was also broadcast on Film4 on the day of its release.
During a field battle of the English Civil War in Monmouthshire, alchemist's assistant and astrologer Whitehead flees from the violent Commander Trower. He is saved by soldier Cutler, who kills Trower. The two meet fellow army deserters Jacob and Friend, and the group decides to leave the battlefield in search of an alehouse Cutler claims is nearby.
Instead, Cutler leads them to a field and cooks a meal using mushrooms growing nearby, encouraging everyone to eat; Whitehead declines, as he is fasting. Following the meal, they come upon a carved wooden post buried in the ground. The four use a rope to pull it out of ground, where they unbury the Wizard O'Neill, a rival alchemist who is Cutler's master — and the man who has stolen documents from Whitehead's master. Though Whitehead seeks to arrest him for his crime, O'Neill quickly asserts authority over the group, convincing them of hidden treasure buried elsewhere in the field.
O'Neill leads them to his camp, where he tortures Whitehead into subservience in order to use him as a human divining rod. After Whitehead locates treasure, O'Neill orders Jacob and Friend to dig for it while he leaves Cutler to supervise, retiring to sleep. Jacob soon succumbs to the influence of the mushrooms, attacking Friend in a bout of exhaustion and madness. Cutler laughs and urinates on them; when Jacob attempts to attack him, Cutler accidentally shoots Friend. Whitehead is unable to save Friend, who quickly dies. Cutler is forced to finish digging by himself, while Jacob wanders away and Whitehead moves Friend's corpse to a thicket.
Cutler eventually reaches the beginnings of treasure. O'Neill is awoken by his excitement and quickly realises the other men are missing. He pursues Whitehead, who ingests a massive amount of mushrooms: his awareness is greatly heightened, but he suffers a disturbing hallucinatory experience, wherein he conjures a violent wind to blow away the camp's tent.
Cutler discovers that the treasure is merely a skull, which he shoots in anger. He angrily berates O'Neill, blaming him for trusting Whitehead about the treasure and for lying to him about the alehouse, which was simply a ploy to entice Jacob and Friend. O'Neill promptly kills Cutler and then pursues Whitehead and Jacob, who scavenge Cutler's weapons and return to the overturned camp. As they are preparing for an attack, Friend appears alive and reveals their location to O'Neill. As Jacob throws Friend to the ground to stop him, O'Neill shoots Jacob in the gut, but Jacob returns fire breaking O'Neill's leg. Jacob dies from his injuries, after he and Whitehead surmise that the treasure was the friendship they shared. Friend brandishes Cutler's pike and charges O'Neill, but O'Neill kills him with his last shot. Whitehead takes advantage of the situation to finally kill O'Neill by shooting him in the back of the head.
Whitehead buries his friends' corpses in the treasure's hole and leaves the field. Wearing O'Neill's clothes, he gathers his master's stolen documents and returns to the hedgerow where he first met Cutler, Jacob, and Friend, from which battle sounds are rising. After he wades through the hedge, he sees Friend, Jacob and himself standing together.
A Field in England is directed by Ben Wheatley and based on a screenplay by Amy Jump. Wheatley became interested in the film's historical setting of the English Civil War when he filmed a documentary about the Sealed Knot, a historical reenactment society. In his research, Wheatley also learned about the use of hallucinogens during the 17th century. He said, "People were grinding mushrooms into dust and blowing it into people's faces and then doing magic tricks." Wheatley sought funding to produce the film, which he had planned for years. The film was ultimately developed and financed by Film4.0, a division of Film4 that serves as an innovation hub. Variety reported that the film was described as "a psychedelic trip into magic and madness". Wheatley said A Field in England combines "the more psychedelic elements" from his previous films Kill List and Sightseers and "weaves in our take on historical drama" with the English Civil War.
Hub AI
A Field in England AI simulator
(@A Field in England_simulator)
A Field in England
A Field in England is a 2013 British historical psychological horror film directed by Ben Wheatley. The film, shot in black-and-white, is set during the mid-17th-century English Civil War. The film was released on 5 July 2013 on multiple platforms simultaneously, including cinemas, home media and video on demand. It was also broadcast on Film4 on the day of its release.
During a field battle of the English Civil War in Monmouthshire, alchemist's assistant and astrologer Whitehead flees from the violent Commander Trower. He is saved by soldier Cutler, who kills Trower. The two meet fellow army deserters Jacob and Friend, and the group decides to leave the battlefield in search of an alehouse Cutler claims is nearby.
Instead, Cutler leads them to a field and cooks a meal using mushrooms growing nearby, encouraging everyone to eat; Whitehead declines, as he is fasting. Following the meal, they come upon a carved wooden post buried in the ground. The four use a rope to pull it out of ground, where they unbury the Wizard O'Neill, a rival alchemist who is Cutler's master — and the man who has stolen documents from Whitehead's master. Though Whitehead seeks to arrest him for his crime, O'Neill quickly asserts authority over the group, convincing them of hidden treasure buried elsewhere in the field.
O'Neill leads them to his camp, where he tortures Whitehead into subservience in order to use him as a human divining rod. After Whitehead locates treasure, O'Neill orders Jacob and Friend to dig for it while he leaves Cutler to supervise, retiring to sleep. Jacob soon succumbs to the influence of the mushrooms, attacking Friend in a bout of exhaustion and madness. Cutler laughs and urinates on them; when Jacob attempts to attack him, Cutler accidentally shoots Friend. Whitehead is unable to save Friend, who quickly dies. Cutler is forced to finish digging by himself, while Jacob wanders away and Whitehead moves Friend's corpse to a thicket.
Cutler eventually reaches the beginnings of treasure. O'Neill is awoken by his excitement and quickly realises the other men are missing. He pursues Whitehead, who ingests a massive amount of mushrooms: his awareness is greatly heightened, but he suffers a disturbing hallucinatory experience, wherein he conjures a violent wind to blow away the camp's tent.
Cutler discovers that the treasure is merely a skull, which he shoots in anger. He angrily berates O'Neill, blaming him for trusting Whitehead about the treasure and for lying to him about the alehouse, which was simply a ploy to entice Jacob and Friend. O'Neill promptly kills Cutler and then pursues Whitehead and Jacob, who scavenge Cutler's weapons and return to the overturned camp. As they are preparing for an attack, Friend appears alive and reveals their location to O'Neill. As Jacob throws Friend to the ground to stop him, O'Neill shoots Jacob in the gut, but Jacob returns fire breaking O'Neill's leg. Jacob dies from his injuries, after he and Whitehead surmise that the treasure was the friendship they shared. Friend brandishes Cutler's pike and charges O'Neill, but O'Neill kills him with his last shot. Whitehead takes advantage of the situation to finally kill O'Neill by shooting him in the back of the head.
Whitehead buries his friends' corpses in the treasure's hole and leaves the field. Wearing O'Neill's clothes, he gathers his master's stolen documents and returns to the hedgerow where he first met Cutler, Jacob, and Friend, from which battle sounds are rising. After he wades through the hedge, he sees Friend, Jacob and himself standing together.
A Field in England is directed by Ben Wheatley and based on a screenplay by Amy Jump. Wheatley became interested in the film's historical setting of the English Civil War when he filmed a documentary about the Sealed Knot, a historical reenactment society. In his research, Wheatley also learned about the use of hallucinogens during the 17th century. He said, "People were grinding mushrooms into dust and blowing it into people's faces and then doing magic tricks." Wheatley sought funding to produce the film, which he had planned for years. The film was ultimately developed and financed by Film4.0, a division of Film4 that serves as an innovation hub. Variety reported that the film was described as "a psychedelic trip into magic and madness". Wheatley said A Field in England combines "the more psychedelic elements" from his previous films Kill List and Sightseers and "weaves in our take on historical drama" with the English Civil War.