Like the critics the book group were split, most of them giving a score of 2! Their reasons were an effective challenge. Is the character/action detail peripheral and distracting? (Phillips main critic) But not all, and both Jo and Maggie got much out of the book. Needless to say, I did too and continue to.… Continue reading Overstory
Category: Books/Films
Coup 53 at Aldeburgh, with Ralph Fiennes
Michael and I arrived just in time to sample a few delicious canapes and down a glass of red, as well as secure a seat in the 3rd row (next to a girl at the end who left and returned 3 times during the film breaking glasses on the way - all very odd). Ralph… Continue reading Coup 53 at Aldeburgh, with Ralph Fiennes
First Man – Film at Blythburgh
With the 50th anniversary of the moon landing coming up in July 2019 (1969) the film is purposely well timed. It takes me, like many I'm sure, back to when my mother, not given to visionary moments, said come outside and look at the moon, there are men on it up there, and so we… Continue reading First Man – Film at Blythburgh
Aldeburgh Doc Fest 2018
Re reading last years notes, and once again grateful for the recorded memory, I transcribe for Sara: “The wind is a gentle southerly. The moon is almost full. My moon sister comes to the 2nd row to give me a hug. Her father has just died. She is fragile, and she is an orphan.” There… Continue reading Aldeburgh Doc Fest 2018
Trees and woodland in the British Landscape by Oliver Rackham
The cover is of Loch Beninn, which belies the East of England predominance I've gratefully encountered in the book. Gifted to me by Jon Illes for my 60th birthday, in time for his recommendation for our book club (woods the theme), it is book club which drives the read, as like Jennie says, it's like… Continue reading Trees and woodland in the British Landscape by Oliver Rackham
History of Vietnam War
Viz The Sympathizer French Origins and Domino fear Indochina, a French colony during 19th century. When Japan invaded during WW2, the Viet Minh opposed them with the support fromUS, Russia and China. Ho Chi Minh, communist inspired, admirer of America, initiated insurgency against French rule. by 1950 the conflict became entwined into the cold war.… Continue reading History of Vietnam War
The Mill and the Cross (Cut Cinema)
I was enthralled throughout. The violence, no doubt viscerally focused, but the whole tapestry tableau of the paintings characters going about their mundane life, captivated. We got to know them through the film: the man with red stripped tights, and the pedlar, and coblar. God knows what was going on, except the re-inactment of the… Continue reading The Mill and the Cross (Cut Cinema)
Five Broken Cameras – Film at Cut
An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son,… Continue reading Five Broken Cameras – Film at Cut
About Elly – film at the Cut (by Asghar Farhadi)
Why do I like Iranian films? That different culture, a place I have never been, know little of That open display of emotion, that heated debate, with wild gesticulation. An equal playfulness. Headscarfs. A group of friends 3 couples and a pair being matched, rent a run down villa by the sea. Elly the woman… Continue reading About Elly – film at the Cut (by Asghar Farhadi)
Mary Bell – Cries Unheard
Cries Unheard! The Story of Mary Bell! By Gitta Sereny Daily Mail obit - The woman who tried to humanise monsters: Gitta Sereny wrote brilliant books trying to explain the evil of murderers. She also helped create today's cult of victimhood • • • Gitta Sereny tried to claim society was to blame for child murderer Mary… Continue reading Mary Bell – Cries Unheard
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