Flickr is down, so I’m forced to blog.
Ashes to Ashes is getting better and better. Two highlights this week: Gene Hunt looking at one point exactly like Martin Fry out of ABC (memo to self - get screengrab off AutoROT). And the line - which I have to say I saw coming - “Bugger Bognor”. These were supposedly the Famous Last Words of King George V, which I only know because Peter Greenaway used famous last words as a theme in Drowning by Numbers, hence the names of the Bognor bothers in the film.
By the way, I read somewhere that Moe Sizlack in the Simpsons is based on comedian Rich Hall. They do look identical, but this has to be a joke? Isn’t it?
Great movie double-bills that will never happen: Drowning by Numbers and Bugsy Malone. Alan Parker once said something about leaving the country if Peter Greenaway ever made any more films - always a bad move, threatening to leave the country. The words “don’t let the door slam you on the way out” always spring to mind. But I love both these movies.
Me too, but when did you last see Drowning By Numbers? It’s not available anywhere, apart from the occasional VHS on ebay and some clups on ooohTube
Good point - a long time ago… I do have it on VHS. And the soundtrack on CD. And the screenplay. I must watch it again and see how it stands up… I don’t think you can get Bugsy Malone on DVD either - which makes me even more want to hire the Greenwich Picture House and show them as a double bill.