Shezad Dawood, Piercing Brightness, 2012
The Glorious Eight: questions Piercing Brightness director Shezad Dawood might have been asked; answers that might have been given.
What has Shezad Dawood been reading?
On the train to Preston to shoot Piercing Brightness (PB), hauling cameras, lights, sound equipment… nevertheless, Shezad did not stint on reading material carrying as many Philip K Dick novels as he could. Seeking to embody the greatest and most prescient of timetravelling, genre-mashing writers, he sought to instil in his film the qualities of accessible otherness and narratively-fuelled speculation so beloved of the high priests of pulpparanoia.
