Films you've watched recently.

[Supershrimper]

The Beautiful Game (2024) on Netflix.

About the homeless world Cup (who knew there was such a thing) Stars Bill Nighy.

 

[BALDY]

Ms Baldy and I went to the cinema (Hackney Picturehouse) and we saw this bore.....

 

[BALDY]

Panned by some of the critics.....But it really impressed us.

 

[BALDY]

Loved by some but not by me

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Loved by some but not by me
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It's a great fim .One Of John S.'s best .

 

[cerbera45]

Teen Wolf (1985)

 

[BALDY]

It's a great fim .One Of John S.'s best .

Sadly about halfway through it--It runs out of steam......There are very mixed reviews of it on Imdb

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Sadly about halfway through it--It runs out of steam......There are very mixed reviews of it on Imdb

It was a landmark film for it's time.Probably a bit unfair to judge it by modern standards.There's a reason it was in black & white,you know,

 

[BALDY]

It was a nlandmark film for it's time.Probably a bit unfair to judge it by modern standards.There's a reason it was in black & white,you know,

Lack of funding?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Lack of funding?

It was a British film of course but most British films of that era were also made in black & white.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

It was a British film of course but most British films of that era were also made in black & white.

"Back in the day of physical film, before digital took over, there was a big difference between the cost of processing and reproducing colour film and that of monochrome. Black and white is a simpler, more forgiving medium to process, and the film stock is cheaper too."

 

[blues exile]

"Back in the day of physical film, before digital took over, there was a big difference between the cost of processing and reproducing colour film and that of monochrome. Black and white is a simpler, more forgiving medium to process, and the film stock is cheaper too."

It was a low budget affair from Anglo-Amalgamated, not a major British studio. Bogarde and Harvey probably accounted for a big slice of the budget. Black and white was still fashionable then on the continent with Godard, Bergman etc still favouring it so it was not out of step. As a depiction of 'Swinging London' and that time in the 60s it still holds up imo but very much of its time.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw a full length documentary film on Joan Baez: I am a noise. earlier ,Part of BCN's International film festival at the Verdi.Worth seeing if you're a fan.

 

[cerbera45]

Day of the Triffids (1962)

 

[BALDY]

It was a low budget affair from Anglo-Amalgamated, not a major British studio. Bogarde and Harvey probably accounted for a big slice of the budget. Black and white was still fashionable then on the continent with Godard, Bergman etc still favouring it so it was not out of step. As a depiction of 'Swinging London' and that time in the 60s it still holds up imo but very much of its time.

In your opinion (and anybody else) what was the best film for showing "swinging London"?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

In your opinion (and anybody else) what was the best film for showing "swinging London"?

Personally I would have thought Blow up was pretty successful.You could also make a case for Lindsay Anderson's If ,I suppose.

 

[blues exile]

In your opinion (and anybody else) what was the best film for showing "swinging London"?

'Smashing Time' 1967. Satirical comedy with Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. Perfect send up.

 

[Napster]

In your opinion (and anybody else) what was the best film for showing "swinging London"?

Austin Powers

 

[Swiss Tony]

Up the Junction sums up no holds barred London in the 60’s.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Austin Powers

Groovy.