Interstellar Hans Zimmer on Royal Albert Hall Organ
Watched drinking Tia Maria as the sun rose.
The successor to Vangelis.
Thoughts of 2001 and Foundation.
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Interstellar
June 17, 2022The White Crow
February 22, 2021Early life of Rudolf Nureyev, leading to his defection.
Film of Rudolf Nureyev as a boy and a young man leading to his defection to the West whilst touring in Paris with a group of Russian ballet dancers.
He was helped to defect by Clara Saint.
The film was inspired by the book Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanagh. The title is a reference to his childhood nickname of white crow (similar meaning to “black sheep” in English), because he was unusual.
Lancaster Skies colour edition
February 22, 2019Last year saw a pre-release screening of Lancaster Skies for WWII veterans of Bomber Command at International Bomber Command Centre.
That was the black and white version.
This was the version the director wished to go on general release but the distributor begged to differ, they wished for colour for general release.
Thursday saw a showing of the the colour edition for a BBC film crew from The One Show, who earlier had been filming around Lincolnshire. Also present two WWII veterans of Bomber Command.
What was their view? This to be revealed on The One Show.
The film looks at a dysfunctional Lancaster crew. They had lost their skipper, killed on the return from a bomber raid by German night fighters.
There are two stories, the main story, how the crew handle a new skipper. There is also an underlying interrelated story which few who watch will be aware of.
The film is of a genre of a series of working class films that were released in the 1960s, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, A Taste of Honey all from the same film studio, Woodfall Films.
For those expecting an action packed video game shoot them up they will be disappointed.
Colour?
The colours are muted, film grainy, to give it a feel of WWII.
Lancaster Skies will be featured on The One Show, evening Tuesday or Wednesday 26 or 27 February 2019.
Lancaster Skies will then go on general release.
Lancaster Skies
August 25, 2018A private showing of Lancaster Skies to veterans of Bomber Command and their guests at International Bomber Command Centre overlooking Lincoln Cathedral.
IBCC officially opened earlier this year, a centre, a digital archive, exhibitions and the Memorial Spire.
An appropriate setting for a private screening of Lancaster Skies.
A brief introduction by the producer, the film follows the lives of a Lancaster crew after they lost their skipper, a homagae to war films of the 1940s and 1950,
The film starts with a Lancaster being attacked by German night fighters, on landing they discover their skipper has been fatally wounded.
The crew are dysfunctional, can barely cope, they then have to cope with a new capatin, a rather aloof former fighter pilot.
The new capatin is keen to be in the air, take the fight to the Germans, the crew on the other hand are happy to remain grounded and send their time down the pub.
They are given a mission, in the same aircraft they last flew in now patched up. On their return they are again attacked.
The film is in black and white, the focus is on the crew.
The genre is less of the war films, more that of a series of working class films that were released in the 1960s, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, A Taste of Honey all from the same film studio, Woodfall Films.
Whilst the film was being shown, a runner ran from IBCC to RAF Scampton and back.
Lancaster Skies will be shown in selected cinemas. Please lobby local cinemas if wish to see.
Garden Roof Cinema
October 12, 2016
Garden Roof Cinema is breathtaking.
Up two flights of stairs, one side a stunning view of The Acropolis, rows of director’s chairs, an open air cinema.
It was the last night.
Film The Girl on the Train, an adaptation of the book of the same name.
Previous night I had seen people leaving in stunned silence. It was easy to see why.
Previous night it had been warm. Not tonight, cold.
German occupation in Prague
March 29, 2016
vintage cars
German occupation in Prague
German occupation in Prague
German occupation in Prague
German occupation in Prague
German occupation in Prague
Saturday, a little over a week ago, St Joseph’s Day, I wandered down to the river, to then walk along to Charles Bridge.
I cut down a side street which I thought would take me in the right direction.
I found a van spraying the street. A murder scene, cleaning off the blood?
Then I thought I had encountered a vintage car rally, then a man in a German uniform, Nazi insignia.
What was going on?
Had I entered a time warp?
It appears I had walked onto a film set.
13 Shades of Romanian
January 19, 2016Life of Romanians living in England.
filming at pre-production party
13 shades of Romanian, excellent, well produced documentary of thirteen Romanians living in England.
My main criticism, is how skewed a representation of Romanians in England?
The Romanians featured appeared to be the educated, intelligent, cultural elite. All spoke excellent English, better than 90% of the native population.
For the first two, can watch for £1 each, which is reasonable. Get to the third, and they want £3 to watch all three, and restricted to 72 hours.
I would expect unlimited streaming for £3. I would expect to be able to buy on DVD for £3.
I would have chopped the footballer in Part III, found a more interesting Romanian, for example talented singer-songwriter Jewelia.
13 Shades of Romanian was funded through crowdfunding.
Can I Stay
January 5, 2016
Animation by Onyee Lo, Paige Carter and Katie Knudson,
The Wall
January 4, 2016
A film by Roger Waters, The Wall.
Frank Waters, father of Roger Waters, was posted missing in Italy, presumed dead, at the end of WWII. Roger Waters was five months old. As a child, he wanted to go to Italy and bring back his father.
The Wall is The Wall of 1979 revisited.
The Blind Man
November 26, 2015Set in 1961, narrated by Alfred Hitchcock, The Blind Man, a Hitchcock movie Alfred Hitchcock never made.
World première, using the original script, dramatised for radio and broadcast BBC Radio 4 on Halloween.
A blind jazz pianist is given a set off eyes.
What if, a dramatic event, as the man dies, is seared into his retina? What if, the last sight was of the man who killed him?
BBC only retains for 30 days.
The Blind Man was intended to be the follow-up to North by Northwest.
The Blind Man is part of Unmade Movies, a season of radio adaptations of unproduced screenplays by the major authors of the 20th century – including Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman.
Another unmade movie, was Orson Welles’ Heart of Darkness. Excellent. I got half way through, now it has gone.
BBC must re-broadcast, but why, oh why, do they not retain on-line?
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