One of the greatest British films ever made.

@danmartinazzi

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@jonnyl2250

2 жыл бұрын

The greatest without argument

@damienocallaghan2648

Жыл бұрын

It's up there with Quadrophenia Withnail and i Get Carter Lock Stock Scum Kes NONE of those Movies had SHIT American remakes either Which is a Good Thing😀😀😀

Nil by Mouth is exactly what it's like to live with a violent alcoholic. When I watched it, I seemed to hear Gary Oldman's voice saying, "It's okay. I lived through it, too." I will always be grateful to him for this healing movie.

@Samn3212

Жыл бұрын

Great comment. It’s one of my favourite films because it’s so gritty and real.

@Damush1

11 ай бұрын

A film that alot of people can relate. A masterpiece. Thank you gary ,kathy,Charlie, everyone. Xxx

agreed. nil by mouth is the most realistic depiction of life in england certainly south east london. one of the best every films.

@stevebb2915

5 жыл бұрын

a london that once was perhaps, not any more tho. its a superb snap shot in time.

@classicartfoundation639

5 жыл бұрын

Shot on the old Ferrier estate in Greenwich, knocked down now

@moffit1

3 жыл бұрын

Gary went out to show real life ,he made exactly that ,this and secrets and lies are the realist British movies ever

Nil By Mouth 'is' a classic and should be respected as a classic. Its not a nice film, its not pleasant, its not glamorized etc etc. But what it is, is down to earth, bloody good, honest acting that is 2nd to none. I mean, Kathy Burke was simply devine she really was. The scene where she dances in with her mum in the kitchen? mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn that was soooo touching. Watching this clip here? I must admit I did'nt know that Gary was the director so hats off to the fella for making such a brilliant film. Its just a shame we dont get more of this kind of film with this level of 'acting'!!!

@ArcanePath360

8 жыл бұрын

+1wannabee1 Indeed. Gary's sister (Mo from East Enders) is also in the film playing Kathy's Mum.

@1wannabee1

8 жыл бұрын

Hiya's. Yes Mo plays a great part (much better than in E.Enders). As for the War Zone? Hmmmmmmmm, I'll have to take a look at that as I have'nt seen it yet! Thanks 350 and Inge. Tc now both of you.

“It’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea” God bless ya Gary👌❤️

From Sid Vicious to Nil By Mouth hes given me a lot of pleasure in my life. Artists are givers. They give us shit that cant be taken away. Life can be so shit, that any little pleasure you get isnt little, its massive, it means something, something real, something inside. Ive never met him, dont know the guy, he owes me nothin but he's brought sunshine into my life. I owe him. Its a debt that cant be repaid. For many reasons. One, is the pleasure given is incalculble, cant be measure, invaluable

@farahbshara2286

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more! Actors are givers especially Gary Oldman. We owe him a lot for all the pleasure while watching him portray every character so genuinely. Like he said in this clip he has played every emotion there is and i say he did so with great respect and responsibility to the way the character should feel and behave whether fictional or real. Its like he really knows what it feels like to be all the ppl he played throughout his career; the good guys and the bad guys although i hate categorizing it in this shallow way i know there is a lot more to each one of his roles . Thank you for your comment it was genuine and a million thanks to the great Gary Oldman for being a respectful artist and a very honest man.

@davehoward22

4 жыл бұрын

Nil by mouth aint exactly pleasure though...great film but its grim

@bbbl8910

4 жыл бұрын

Hope springs eternal

Wow. That guy has seen some things... He's an incredible actor, and just as good a director. There are very few people with both those talents.

Growing up in London in the 70's and 80's, this movie has every person I have ever come across. One of my favorites but its more like a bloody documentary! So on the money and so good yet so sad. Someone in this thread says London isn't like this anymore but we all feel the scars from that time. God bless Gary and his genius for getting his story out there. Its not just for him but us too that lived through those times.

A south Londoner telling a proper south London story.very close to home and a wonderful portrayal of a working class family suffering from the effects in alcoholism and drugs.work hard and play hard to the very limits and a fantastic debut by oldman

@4Topwood

3 жыл бұрын

Happens here in the Midwest, USA, too. Only the accents were different.

This film affected a lot of us who grew up in london in the 80s

@dt7449

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah?..In what sense mate ?

@redactedredacted8435

3 жыл бұрын

In every sense As someone who grew up around this, in every sense It’s real

@davidpowell9713

3 жыл бұрын

@@redactedredacted8435 yes it’s very realistic

This interview took my admiration, respect and love for him to a whole different level. Incredible actor and I'm sure, incredible human being.

Its a fantastic, realistic ,scary but absolutely so well acted and directed. Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke should have got academy awards or similar for their performances in Nil by Mouth. One of my favourites of all time...

Fantastic film. I didn't realize Gary Oldman had written and directed it. I hope he still realizes how much the film means to people who have experienced similar people and the environment portrayed, it feels a release that someone has managed to capture those circumstances and emotions that most media and people would rather pretend do not exist or aren't important. Thank you Gary Oldman for telling many people's story.

All my respect has just gone up another million or so levels, dude is pure genuis... and also this is the only film where he works with his real life sister

Nill by mouth , it's the best acting and very dark.. I find it hard to watch but appreciate it . Go gary

you gary oldman are one of the best actors on earth i love nil by mouth its a master peice and i love any film with you in it you are a legend and truly brilliant man

I've known for a while that Oldman is a fairly intelligent and interesting fellow, and interviews like this (and the film itself) prove he has an understanding and a willingness to lay bare truths that some may find uncomfortable, but this is a necessary quality for today.

@torisefford989

5 жыл бұрын

Fairly intelligent..understatement

"It was a movie that I wanted to see." Brilliant.

@farahbshara2286

4 жыл бұрын

I thought so too! He is so honest and respectful of human feelings and vulnerablity so he wants more of it on screen.

Hi Garry ,,,,this documentary film is on the ball, you got me from the very beginning,,,I cry each and every time Cathy dances with her nan, felt that emotion personally, they all were amazing each and every one of them in the film,there will never ever be a film in this world that will ever top this one ,it touches my heart and soul so thank you for nil by mouth,and by the way you are a very handsome man,,,, love Julie from the potteries in Staffordshire England ❤️👍🥰♥️👍

Well done gary, brilliant film! Well done to all the actors and actresses too, great job.

31 right now and see this when I was 20 didn't really appreciate it watched it last night and understand it and seen it in real life what acting and what a film

one of my favourite actors off all time

Well said Gary u hit it right on the head

Favorite actor hands down

Watching this film was like visiting old friends

The greatest actor of my generation. And Daniel Day Lewis as well

@joanie3452

2 жыл бұрын

I like DDL but he shouldn't have won the academy award for Lincoln over the actor who was in 12 years a slave.

@Nathan-gd7xq

Жыл бұрын

​@@joanie3452 12 Years A Slave came out the year after Lincoln. Matthew McConaughey won for Dallas Buyers Club that year.

One of our best actors, and a great director to boot!

This was Oldman's best film, hands-down... and he's not even in it. Not even a cameo. Now I know he finally got the long-deserved Oscar for THE DARKEST HOUR. He also won a lot of other things for it, including the BAFTA. He already had won the BAFTA for his screenplay for NIL BY MOUTH. He is a highly acclaimed actor, yet still criminally underrated. He deserves to be one of Hollywood's leading men. I think NIL BY MOUTH is even more criminally underrated. I mean, it won BAFTA's for Best Screenplay and Best Film. But it did bomb at the box-office. Everyone should see that film. A look at what life in the South London ghetto is like. I really wish he would write and direct some more films. He's proven himself a force to be reckon with... on both sides of the camera.

Wow. He just moved into one of the top spots in my "favorite human beings of all time."

ray winstone's best performance for me. arrestingly powerful film, particularly if u grew up in south london. straight into my top 10

He's so right on everything he said !!! He's so special, so sencear and true... always speak, write and act from his heart !!! God bless him... and many thanks to you for uploading that great interview !!!

@GaryOldmanWeb

7 жыл бұрын

He is honest and real. It was a pleasure to share it! :)

Great film , some great acting in this film as people have pointed out , Ray is on fire , Kathy was amazing , even Gary’s sister as Jan is brilliant.

Even after all his years of acting and doing various accents you can still hear traces of his saath Landan accent. Fantastic film, very haunting, and uncomfortable viewing for its absolutely realistic portrayal.

Class actor. Great interview.

My childhood was nil by mouth. I can barely get through the film

@ASONBOURNE

4 жыл бұрын

@DANNY DIRE exactly the same for me pal

@ri-rim2133

4 жыл бұрын

I hear you

@HulaBeulah

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a sound that never leaves your head, how ever old you are.

@oldlogin3383

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you're healing bro.

@beardtrick

3 жыл бұрын

@devontodetroit you heartless little cretin

masterpiece

Difficult movie, it made me feel so bad for the women that were powerless to Ray. But thats the point of it, its a movie I will never forget and everyone should see it.

cool. Nil By Mouth is a masterpiece

One of the greatest actors.... ever... Who can claim so many different identies as him... You believe his performances, you believe in the characters he creates so you are no longer watching Gary Oldman, but the character. Few can really claim that.

@garybyrne392

6 жыл бұрын

crap film even worse than we were soldiers

Nil by Mouth is so amazing because it doesn't seem like a movie to me. It plays out like a documentary about addiction, it's like watching real life. More movies need to be made like this because it could inspire people in all forms of art to help educate addicts and most importantly let addicts know they are not alone.

Hes so talented man love the film watched it last night not seen it in a good while

15 years later....academy award nomination!!!

@rawboat

3 жыл бұрын

15 years later and 28 years late.

This film is so realistic it's honestly terrifying. Precisely why most 'horror' these days I generally fall asleep to. You might as well be watching a play or someone playing a video game.

So true. Thanks for posting this.

Whatever Garys motive, he presented us with genius.

As real as real can be, both Mr Oldman and the intense heart wrenching film. But he will always be Coxy to me :)

Gary knows the nature of reality. Film it.

This film is my cup of tea. Thanks Gary. Your a fucking legend.

I hate calling things 'brave'... But he put his heart out there... Brave is what it was on every level. It was an absolute stunner. Respect.

Even his delivery in an interview is spot on. Talent? Bucketloads mate.

I loved Nil By Mouth. It's real and that's what I want to see up on the screen, my life and others' lives reflected before me. Not another billion dollar budget, 2 hour advertising promo for the next marketable plastic toy.

@farahbshara2286

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Thank you !!

@davidpowell9713

3 жыл бұрын

You wouldn’t want every film you watch to be like Nil By Mouth, it’s too draining

1:48 - Did not expect that

@gadaviman1061

5 жыл бұрын

true though

Brilliant film.

He's amazing!

i absolutely love this interview. :)

Awesome. Thank you for this.

Absolutely brilliant

Amazing gritty realistic film one of the best

A top film & about an old pal of mine in saath london

Hey gary really relate with what u say, ultimate respect

Real, brilliantly acted by all characters

My all time favourite film. Hands down.

Love this film

One powerful film

Have always imagined Oldman to have never genuinely enjoyed the Hollywood scene.

I love you Gary 🔥❤💋

Brilliant,

I was a drug addict from the age of nine until thirty five, definitely the most realistic portrayal of a heroin addict I've seen in a film.

@farahbshara2286

4 жыл бұрын

And your comment Maam/ Sir is definitely the most brave and respectful ever written. I don't know you but i am really proud i came across your comment .

@stevemurphy6780

3 жыл бұрын

Herbert yeah I totally agree with you...remember waiting round phone boxes and having to keep calling back loads of times to score...very real in nil by mouth...drug free for 23 yrs now🙏

@herbertnorkus6229

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevemurphy6780 by far the hardest part of my recovery was the return of my conscience , I'm sure that is where many people relapse, the reward for sticking was the return of my soul, the most precious thing we own and the only thing we are taking with us. Thanks for your comment. much respect!!

@herbertnorkus6229

3 жыл бұрын

@@farahbshara2286 thanks for your comment Farah, it brightened up my day. 😀

@stevemurphy6780

3 жыл бұрын

herbert norkus Herbert no problem mate...I fully understand you...life now is fantastic mate...where are you in the world mate

So spot on Gary,thanks for the whole of this,it's my life story, a functional addict.It is a horrible thing to bring up a young family being an addict while hating on yourself every day ,seeking an out from life's way it treats people who wonder what is going on in your life when you can't get a job and the job centre is to cover over a facade that there is job's in the first place, I must have done about half a million on kit no problem, makes you feel sick.

Brilliant honest film

what a beast

I know I lived it as a child

Hard to believe it but the actress at 3.18 is his sister, Laila Morse, best know for her role as Mo in Eastenders.

wot a top man

Genius

Class film

In my top 5

I so agree with his comment on Reservoir Dogs.

@janeymckay1966

Жыл бұрын

btw... Shane Meadows makes very good films about the grittiness of real life.

For me the measure of an actor is whether their personality, demeanor and characteristics remain contiguous across varying roles. After observing Mr. Oldman here speak and move as himself, I realised that no role I've ever seen him perform in reflects in any way the traits of the man himself. Likewise it naturally follows then that his film 'Nil By Mouth' driven by the purity of his honest desire to see a certain story expressed would thus eventuate as a social document, accurately representing lives that few survive and even less a number well equipped to explain succinctly. It's value as a piece of cinema is easily determined through the comments of others who've connected with its content on an emotional level because they can relate to what it portrays through their lived experience also. In my opinion Nil By Mouth is one of the most valuable pieces of socially documenting, Anglo based historic 'fiction' created, because its story is propelled by an honesty as complete as the inescapable brutality of the maze-like circumstances which spawned it, whilst offering through that bleak representation of a final, falling tear drop, its own existence as a film standing representative as a beacon of hope that throughout all within there is a chance to reach a point of triumph.

I watched this film and felt for the characters/people in film...

I thought Gary was going to do the joke: Poor me. Poor me. Poor me another drink :)

@tenderhooligan7580

5 жыл бұрын

Classic Peep show

You can’t even leave me to soak for two minute man !!

Id did the same .. Great actor thanks for yeas of entertainment m8 .. Big up 2 ya ..

Glad Gary didn't fall into mainstream Hollywood lol

@4Topwood

3 жыл бұрын

I don't see how he could have. Oldman's always had too much talent, too much honesty and too much heart for Hollywood.

How right was he about movies imitating movies? Especially nowadays.

You tell em Drexyl

Gary Oldman in the 90s "I'm getting tired of acting"

Enjoyed the film true

Angus - Jon Morrison - is the closest thing to a father figure. The film is a masterpiece, start to finish in every aspect.

good film

One of the best British films ever. Sadly no bluray release yet. Hardly le Cinema du Daily Mail.

"...it's absolutely sod all to do with life. It's just movies imitating movies, imitating movies, imitating movies, imitating movies." Unfortunately that statement sums up the movie industry for the past two decades, if not longer. (There has been a small independent niche of quality work, may it continue.)

More 'punk' than Sid Vicious. I'm not a victim, I'm a survivor. I'd love to meet you Gary. x

Here's the scoop--true story: although people thought so, this film is NOT autobiographical. Oldman did grow up in the South London ghetto where the film was shot (on location), but his family was not like this--at all. But there are families that are. MANY. Where this film does take place... and he wanted to address that in a movie. Hey, when IS he going to write and direct another movie again? Come on, Gar--people are craving it.

Great movie. Raw 2 the core.

Makes sense that he wasn't a recurring character in Tarantino films after True lies.

Proper film 100%

Nobody, absolutely nobody: Gary oldman: alcoholics *bleed* from their ass!

👌

Just finding out that gary directed this