group of Liverpudlians sit in a circle, discussing their experiences of addiction. Then the camera zooms out. This is not a therapy session, but a read-through. The scene captures the essence of , the new feature film by Melanie Manchot. Its Matryoshka structure follows the production of a film inspired by 1901’s , both the first film made in Liverpool and the first crime reconstruction, about Thomas Goudie, who embezzled £170,000 (£22 million today) from the bank where he worked to repay gambling debts. In the diegetic film
