mikeos3

A small number of movies from this period, late 1950s onward made creative use of stereophonic sound. This film is a good example. In the interior scenes particularly there is a theatrical sound stage, with the dialogue moving with the actors. More imaginative than present day movies which are mostly interested in blockbuster cgi and overwhelming music.

Good late period movie with excellent photography, particularly the night time shooting which really does seem authentic rather than phony "day for night". By the way, its good to know that in the old west they still poured their beer in to glasses, rather than the modern method of sucking it from the bottle, an American habit which has unfortunately spread into the UK.

I went through the war as a child. In Woolwich. My father was a munitions worker in Woolwich Arsenal, a frequent target by the German bombers. My mother was never sure she would see him at the end of the day. In our back garden we had a concrete shelter built, as my father's occupation was deemed essential. One day we were in the garden and dad called out "come and have a look at this". I ran down to him and saw a V1 flying bomb flying across at medium distance. They were looked on as just a minor inconvenience.

I had a friend some years older than me. He lived in Kent at the time. He told me that during the Battle of Britain he and a friend would take their sandwiches and a bottle of squash and lie in th fields watching the dogfights going on overhead.

I watched a few episodes for the locations. I've been to Sidney and Victoria a few times so enjoyed recognising locations, like the Oak Bay restaurant. However, being familiar with the Broadchurch original I see no reason for this duplicate which seems strangely lifeless.