# animate! › Films › LMX Spiral by Richard Wright › all › synopses › direction & collaboration › full production credits › film stills › tools & processes › format & distribution › background material Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/lmxspiral/all Discovery terms: 1990s animation, consumerism, politics, british society, music video crossover, filmmaker, visual artist The following is the archived page text; discovery terms above are separately sourced metadata. Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed. --- **LMX Spiral** a film by Richard Wright [Richard Wright](http://futurenatural.net/) 1998, 7 min 54 sec [watch this film ›](https://animateprojectsarchive.org/films/by_date/1995_98/lmx) ![LMX Spiral, still: “Where there is despair, may we bring hope”.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral25.jpg) “Where there is despair, may we bring hope”. ### animate! synopsis With Thatcher our narrator we take a fast-forward ride through the high-rise 80’s and the lottery-led 90’s in a pop promo for the punk in us all. Money might be too tight to mention, but things can only get better, can’t they? ### short synopsis **LMX Spiral** is an intellectual pop-promo about Britain’s transition from the enterprise culture of the eighties to the Lottery cultures of the nineties. ### key credits **director** Richard Wright **The Lucky Fella** Simon Will **director of photography** John Stewart **animator** Richard Wright **compositor** Saint John Walker **editor** Saint John Walker **music** Walter Fabeck ### Richard Wright #### short biography Richard Wright is a media artist concentrating on digital filmmaking. February 1998 #### artist’s website [FutureNatural](http://www.futurenatural.net) Richard Wright's website ### a film by Richard Wright ### direction **director** Richard Wright ### cast in picture **the players** Adrian Senior Dominic Wright Jane Prphet Silver Nazari Matthew Fuller Colin Chapman Rob Allman Duncan Smith Graham Harwood **The Lucky Fella** Simon Will **the players** Masuko Yoko Koji ### voice-over **Mrs. Thatcher** herself ### live-action personnel **director of photography** John Stewart **camera operator** Tim Palmer **camera assistant** Ella De Pete Rewis **gaffer** Nick Wesley **electrician or sparks** Lucy Seymour **production designer** Rachel Frost **costume designer** Jane Wagman Sacha Allistone **first assistant director** Ray Kilby Christine Kretschmer **runner** Rupert Farmer Seena Gosrani **location manager** Penn Linfield ### image personnel **animator** Richard Wright James Parkinson Kevin Rowe **compositor** Saint John Walker, Createc **editor** Saint John Walker, Createc ### sound personnel **music** Walter Fabeck ### support **thanks** Research Facilities: Metro New Media, London Guildhall University. Filmed on Location: Obsessions, Parco’s Restaurant, Queens House, Summit Sports Complex © Richard Wright 1998 [![LMX Spiral, still: The maelstrom of the eighties approaches the sleeping city…](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral01.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral01.jpg) The maelstrom of the eighties approaches the sleeping city… - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Gentrify the inner cities with jazzy new facades.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral02.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral02.jpg) Gentrify the inner cities with jazzy new facades. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Even old sixties office blocks get the red, white and blue treatment.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral03.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral03.jpg) Even old sixties office blocks get the red, white and blue treatment. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: *LMX Spiral* front title card. ‘London Market eXcess’ – a term used in the insurance industry during the eighties to describe the practice of re-insuring a policy over and over again, decreasing the premium at each turn in the ‘spiral’ and therefore increasing the risk that there might not be enough left to meet actual claims.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral04.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral04.jpg) **LMX Spiral** front title card. ‘London Market eXcess’ – a term used in the insurance industry during the eighties to describe the practice of re-insuring a policy over and over again, decreasing the premium at each turn in the ‘spiral’ and therefore increasing the risk that there might not be enough left to meet actual claims. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Cast aside the nihilism of punk…](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral05.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral05.jpg) Cast aside the nihilism of punk… - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: …and replace it with a culture of whiz-kid entrepreneurs.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral06.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral06.jpg) …and replace it with a culture of whiz-kid entrepreneurs. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Who dares wins.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral07.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral07.jpg) Who dares wins. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: The champers flows, the boom years begin…](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral08.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral08.jpg) The champers flows, the boom years begin… - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Playing Russian Roulette? The odds look good to me.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral09.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral09.jpg) Playing Russian Roulette? The odds look good to me. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: The weather forecast is fine for the foreseeable future.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral10.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral10.jpg) The weather forecast is fine for the foreseeable future. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: I am the big swinging dick.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral11.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral11.jpg) I am the big swinging dick. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Greed is Good.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral12.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral12.jpg) Greed is Good. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Batten down the hatches and full steam ahead.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral13.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral13.jpg) Batten down the hatches and full steam ahead. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Impress the ladies with a display of coffee connoisseurship.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral14.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral14.jpg) Impress the ladies with a display of coffee connoisseurship. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: When the going gets tough…](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral15.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral15.jpg) When the going gets tough… - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Outstanding! Just run that past me again…](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral16.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral16.jpg) Outstanding! Just run that past me again… - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Don’t price yourself out of the market.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral17.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral17.jpg) Don’t price yourself out of the market. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: The gathering storm.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral18.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral18.jpg) The gathering storm. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Let’s tighten our belts and learn to live within our means.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral19.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral19.jpg) Let’s tighten our belts and learn to live within our means. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: “Where there is discord, may we bring harmony”.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral20.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral20.jpg) “Where there is discord, may we bring harmony”. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Black Monday. It’s every man for himself.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral21.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral21.jpg) Black Monday. It’s every man for himself. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: The forces of chaos are upon us.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral22.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral22.jpg) The forces of chaos are upon us. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: The spiral of credit collapses.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral23.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral23.jpg) The spiral of credit collapses. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: A lifetime of achievements disappear like ten pins.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral24.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral24.jpg) A lifetime of achievements disappear like ten pins. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: “Where there is despair, may we bring hope”.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral25.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral25.jpg) “Where there is despair, may we bring hope”. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Embrace uncertainty.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral26.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral26.jpg) Embrace uncertainty. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: There’s no way back now, the good times are behind us.](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral27.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral27.jpg) There’s no way back now, the good times are behind us. - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: Perhaps a last chance gamble for success…?](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral28.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral28.jpg) Perhaps a last chance gamble for success…? - *click on image for full size still* [![LMX Spiral, still: After all, someone’s got to win…it could be you?](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/lmxspiral29.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/lmxspiral29.jpg) After all, someone’s got to win…it could be you? - *click on image for full size still* ### master copy format **format** BetaSP **colour or black & white** colour ### video distribution format **video format** BetaSP **screen aspect ratio** 4:3 **video standard** PAL **sound type** stereo ### distributor LUX [info@lux.org.uk](mailto:info@lux.org.uk) +44 (0)20 7503 3980 [www.lux.org.uk](http://www.lux.org.uk/) **LMX Spiral** film, stills and other materials © Richard Wright 1998