Update: 20 May 2017 Next Monday (22nd) finally sees the release on Blu-ray / DVD of FILM, the collaboration between Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton. In addition, the BFI package comes with a new documentary, NOTFILM. Pamela Hutchinson extolls the riches of this welcome new release. While it is a joy to see Film on … Continue reading When Beckett met Buster and they made Film (updated)
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The Nine Muses and its ghosts…
With one of the highlights of my year, The Cambridge Film Festival, only a few tantalising weeks away, it just so happens that I have been re-watching one of the films shown at last year's festival - The Nine Muses. At the time I found the film beautiful and poetic, although I also felt it … Continue reading The Nine Muses and its ghosts…
David Kelly (1929-2012)
Today has been a touch miserable, as I've been coping with a nasty bug; but it became much worse when I heard the very sad news of the death of actor David Kelly. In my youth, I remember him vividly and with great fondness as the one who always stole the scene in Fawlty Towers … Continue reading David Kelly (1929-2012)
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