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With nods not only to Witchfinder General (1968), but also The Mask Of Satan (1960), Witchfinder is a very pleasing live-action debut for director Colin Clarke, following two animated shorts.
It's a fairly simple tale of witchery and revenge, but perfectly suited to the slim running time. The film's real trump card is an engaging visual design - heavy on autumnal reds, yellows and browns, it strikingly utilises the woodland setting and claustrophobic interiors.
As The Witch, Valerie Meachum is suitably menacing, particularly at the film's climax.
Is this a taster for a more fully fledged project? Let's hope so, as on this evidence Clarke has a great flair for capturing barren landscapes and locations, which is screaming out for a wider canvas. Well worth a look.
It's a fairly simple tale of witchery and revenge, but perfectly suited to the slim running time. The film's real trump card is an engaging visual design - heavy on autumnal reds, yellows and browns, it strikingly utilises the woodland setting and claustrophobic interiors.
As The Witch, Valerie Meachum is suitably menacing, particularly at the film's climax.
Is this a taster for a more fully fledged project? Let's hope so, as on this evidence Clarke has a great flair for capturing barren landscapes and locations, which is screaming out for a wider canvas. Well worth a look.
This is truly one of the finest series to come out of Britain. It took writer Flannery 15 years to get the series made, and when it was eventually produced the UK channel BBC2 spent their entire drama budget for the year on it. However, it was a fine investment.
The lives of four friends from Newcastle are followed from 1964 to 1995, against a backdrop of massive social and political change. It says much for the quality of the writing and the performances of the principal actors that you find yourself getting heavily involved with the characters' lives and caring a great deal for them. The leads have gone on to further successes, but this series catches them all early in their careers, and on astonishing form.
It was, in hindsight, a good thing that it took so long to get the show made. Flannery's original play ended in 1980, but the elongated production process enabled him to write more and more about the characters' fortunes, and take them another 15 years into the future. The most changed character was Geordie, who served in the army in Rhodesia in the original play, but finds himself instead in swinging London in a strip club in the finished series.
Do yourself a favour. Pick up the DVD set, and savour 14 hours of top television. It will make you think, it will move you, and we will never see its like again.
The lives of four friends from Newcastle are followed from 1964 to 1995, against a backdrop of massive social and political change. It says much for the quality of the writing and the performances of the principal actors that you find yourself getting heavily involved with the characters' lives and caring a great deal for them. The leads have gone on to further successes, but this series catches them all early in their careers, and on astonishing form.
It was, in hindsight, a good thing that it took so long to get the show made. Flannery's original play ended in 1980, but the elongated production process enabled him to write more and more about the characters' fortunes, and take them another 15 years into the future. The most changed character was Geordie, who served in the army in Rhodesia in the original play, but finds himself instead in swinging London in a strip club in the finished series.
Do yourself a favour. Pick up the DVD set, and savour 14 hours of top television. It will make you think, it will move you, and we will never see its like again.
Just a couple of days ago, I made the truly wonderful discovery that one of my all time favourite movies had finally been given a DVD release.
My immediate reaction? "About Bloody Time!!!" (even if the release wasn't in the UK - time to get importing from the US...) I can't describe to you the impact that this film had on me the first time I saw it, when it was broadcast by BBC2 in the UK way back in 1989.
Others here have covered the basic premise in depth, so I won't recover old ground. I'll just cover a few points which might tell you what this film has meant to me over the years.
1. I have never seen a film which reflects so well the realisation that hits you when you realise that your life is about to change forever, and there's nothing you can do about it
2. The way in which Fandango portrays the breaking up of a group of friends who think that their camaraderie is indestructible has never been bettered.
3. As an indictment of the horror and futility of war, Fandango does a better job than many films which have addressed the subject directly. Fandango's message will stay with you long after you have ejected the DVD.
4. Neither Kevin Costner or director Kevin Reynolds have ever been better ("Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves"? No way!)
5. Few films have the ability to make me laugh and cry in equal measures like this one does.
6. There are very few films which stand up to repeated viewing for me. The DVD release of Fandango couldn't have come at a better time as my 16 year old recorded copy is definitely on its last legs.
7. It has the best soundtrack of any film to have not had a soundtrack album.
8. It had an indescribable something which I can't put my finger on which keeps me coming back for more.
9. Judd Nelson shows why he is one of the most underutilised talents of the last 20 years.
My only caveat with the DVD release is a lack of extras. I would have loved to have seen Kevin Reynold's student film "Proof", which provided the template for Fandango... However, just to have a copy of this underrated film on shiny disc at last has really made my day!
My immediate reaction? "About Bloody Time!!!" (even if the release wasn't in the UK - time to get importing from the US...) I can't describe to you the impact that this film had on me the first time I saw it, when it was broadcast by BBC2 in the UK way back in 1989.
Others here have covered the basic premise in depth, so I won't recover old ground. I'll just cover a few points which might tell you what this film has meant to me over the years.
1. I have never seen a film which reflects so well the realisation that hits you when you realise that your life is about to change forever, and there's nothing you can do about it
2. The way in which Fandango portrays the breaking up of a group of friends who think that their camaraderie is indestructible has never been bettered.
3. As an indictment of the horror and futility of war, Fandango does a better job than many films which have addressed the subject directly. Fandango's message will stay with you long after you have ejected the DVD.
4. Neither Kevin Costner or director Kevin Reynolds have ever been better ("Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves"? No way!)
5. Few films have the ability to make me laugh and cry in equal measures like this one does.
6. There are very few films which stand up to repeated viewing for me. The DVD release of Fandango couldn't have come at a better time as my 16 year old recorded copy is definitely on its last legs.
7. It has the best soundtrack of any film to have not had a soundtrack album.
8. It had an indescribable something which I can't put my finger on which keeps me coming back for more.
9. Judd Nelson shows why he is one of the most underutilised talents of the last 20 years.
My only caveat with the DVD release is a lack of extras. I would have loved to have seen Kevin Reynold's student film "Proof", which provided the template for Fandango... However, just to have a copy of this underrated film on shiny disc at last has really made my day!
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