Late Quartet, film at the Cut. Unexpectedly beautiful and it’s feeling remaining with me. It was Bob who introduced me to Beethoven’s late quartets. The film opens, quietly observing the internal dynamics of the Fugue String Quartet, an internationally acclaimed musical group founded and based in New York that has been playing around the world… Continue reading Late Quartet – film Halesworth Cut
Category: Books/Films
High Tide in Halesworth
High Tide 2014 High Tide arrived in Halesworth this year accompanied with rumours that this may be the last High Tide festival in Halesworth, that after 8 years they are leaving for the more sexy/prestigious/practical/more younger generation/ richer Aldeburgh or Norwich. Their arrival was immediately noticeable. The high street was no longer dominant with… Continue reading High Tide in Halesworth
Regeneration
Regeneration by Pat Barker (February 2014 - Halesworth Book Group) Pat Barker B 1943 / LSE. / Teacher of history and politics / Regeneration 1993 A soldiers declaration, July 1917. Resonant with the Anti Gove Gove: “Our understanding of the war has been overlaid by misunderstandings, and misrepresentations which reflect an, at best, ambiguous attitude to this country and, at… Continue reading Regeneration
All Quiet on the Western Front
I finished reading All Quiet on the Western Front last night. Like Primo Levi's account of his time in Auschvitz, it had the same (thankfully) lack of politics and judgement, rather his direct experience of the human condition in such extreme circumstances. Curious, I was interested to read of Erich Remarque's life. His subsequent books - I gather - do not… Continue reading All Quiet on the Western Front
Zero Dark 30 (Film Norwich)
Male energy directed by female Katherine Biglow. Life out there. Protection of land. Retribution. The change in torture methods curbed post 2005 and Guantanamo exposures. One mans symbolic life. The actual death was clean. Will not watch again, although glad to watch the history documentary.
Aldeburgh Doc Fest 2012 –
Requiem for Detroit? Julian Temple The Film opens with shocking footage of Detroit now, abandoned factories and palaces, empty roads, fires raging. Built by the car for the car, with its groundbreaking suburbs, freeways and shopping centres, it was the embodiment of the American dream. The 3 big car manufacturers fought it out there:… Continue reading Aldeburgh Doc Fest 2012 –
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