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"Television drama in the 1950s was still, to quote Mike Leigh, "dead from the neck up." Theatrical warhorses were churned out in mannered and unadventurous styles: the revolution that was Armchair Theatre was still a few years away. But when the notorious 1984 was resurrected at the NFT 30 years after its first screening, it stunned the young audience into a shocked silence and then an ovation."
- Brent
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1984 was made for the then astronomical figure of £3,249. Nigel Kneale (Quatermass, The Year of the Sex Olympics) wrote the script and Peter Cushing headed the cast. Director Rudolph Cartier even stretched to commissioning an original score, which was conducted during the live transmission. The live performance on Sunday 12 December 1954 scored the highest ratings since The Coronation....
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- Brent
Watching 1984 today one cannot help but marvel at the ingenuity of the production. Actors move through 22 sets while the cameras perform a high-speed waltz around the studio to capture the full horror of Orwell's dystopia; filmed sequences are played while sets, cameras and actors are repositioned. It is interesting that while television makers today, standing on giants' shoulders, can...
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- Brent
With Peter Cushing! And the guy that played Paul McCartney's grandpa on "Hard Day's Night"
- Brent
Watched this online the other night. It's fantastic. And it was recorded live. Quite extraordinary.
- Brent
~/ you know it's true / and though I tried to hide it / it shows in you / I know it's true / and though you still deny it / I see right through / all you won't admit / but what if you're the reason I can't fall far enough to find / the lies that I depend on / exist only in my mind /~
Thank you, dear Kelli, it is very kind of you to say that. :-))) I'm happy that I can share my pleasure in these items with you and others here.
- Maitani
Oh yes, Maitani is hands down my favorite feed on FF. *bows down in awe*
- Adrian
You share the best stuff, Maitani! If there is any justice in the world, one day you and I will get to meet. I would love to pick your brain. :)
- Kelli H.
*blushes* I'd love to meet you, Kelli. Maybe someday... But my brain is full of futile things!
- Maitani
Pfft! You have a magnificent brain, my friend! :)
- Kelli H.
from Android
Ha! A screenwriter on the "Making It" podcast said that he hated Final Draft but that it was the best thing out there and he'd totally give the #sideeye to any writer that submitted to him outside of Final Draft.
- Spidra Webster
This beautiful card came today from my Waldorf classmates. Inside it reads, "Dearest Nakachi, the seeds we have sown together will continue to grow, ripen and bear fruit. As a token of our love and gratitude, we would like to come work in your garden for a day. With love, the Class of 2013." #SomethingInMyEye
Today has been a lovely birthday. Got my free beverage at Starbucks (soy chai latte), then went to the church near my place for their Music at Noon event - today it was two short silent films (Laurel & Hardy and Buster Keaton) accompanied by the pipe organ. Had lunch at Thir13en, this fabulous restaurant in downtown, with a friend (his treat).
Prosecco at lunch, baby! Lots of fun. In a few more minutes my friend & I will head to Tower Theatre to continue today's silent film theme with The Artist. Looking forward to it.
- Corinne L
I'ma be careful what I wish for doe. If wishes start coming true. Like when I yell at my kid, "I wish you would shut the hell up!"
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Sometimes, just knowing my gramma is sitting in her recliner watching an Eartha Kitt movie is enough to set my mind at ease, even though she's miles away.