John Minton director of GAME and Movies That Changed Your Life: Le Jetee, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Clock from 3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart Wright

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John Minton director of GAME and Movies That Changed Your Life: Le Jetee, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Clock

54 minutes Posted Oct 28, 2025 at 11:01 pm.

] What is the film GAME about?

] How a short film idea turned in to a feature film

] Invada Records to Invada Films a 20 year journey

] How did you cast Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson for the role of the poacher?

] How do you make someone trapped upside down in a car visually interesting? What were the challenges?

] What new story was discovered during the editing process?

] Marc Bessant’s upside down performance

] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

] John Minton describes how Le Jetee was a film he was introduced to on a graphic design course and he fell into the moving image as a result. How it showed him he could make films.

] John Minton shares how 2001: A Space Odyssey is all about the dawn of man; the cut from the bone to outer space. How he will always be impressed by it.

] John Minton talks about how The Clock is about the whole of the 20th century cinema. How he found himself checking he own time, all the time, while watching nearly five hours of it.

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with the director of GAME, John Minton, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Le Jetee impact, 2001: A Space Odyssey analysis, and The Clock influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. John Minton also discusses how he directed GAME

Movies That Changed Your Life

Find out about the making of GAME and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.

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Key Take Aways:

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about how an independent film is made and how to make a contained thriller on a low budget

Learn about how GAME starring Jason Williamson and Marc Bessant was made

Learn how to expand a short film idea into a feature film

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Le Jetee (1962), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Clock (2010)

- Full show notes and transcript:

About the Guest:

John Minton is a Bristol-based UK filmmaker, known for his experimental, lo-fi, and hallucinatory style. Characterised by grainy super-8 textures, a palette of iridescent, glowing hues, and mesmerisingly evocative imagery. John’s distinctive visual flair has lent itself to music videos for Noel Gallagher, Portishead, and Savages amongst others.

For more about John’s work see https://www.mintonfilm.co.uk

For details about November 2025 screenings: where and how to see GAME click the following link for more info https://linktr.ee/InvadaFilmsGame

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Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/)

Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)

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