theuofc

I saw the reference to Natacha on the main notice of the PnP set and thought good for her! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img] I believe (jump in anytime) that Natacha received her Ph.D with thesis on PnP only a few years ago. Since then, she has worked brilliantly to spread the word of PnP. Putting aside her knowledge in the field, as there must be other PnP scholars in France, how did Lumière have the good sense to involve Natacha in its forthcoming DVD set and to have her write the scripts for Tavernier, also a writer who could have written them himself?

I am very encouraged to see a woman, and a young one, be consulted. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clapping.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clapping.gif[/img]

Best,

Barbara

Steve Crook

She's made it her mission to spread the word about P&P as much as possible in France. Yes, she got her PhD (on the women in the main P&P films) just a few years ago. Since then, as well as some teaching, she's helped organise a P&P season at a film festival (La Rochelle) and organised an academic conference on them in Paris. She also wrote one of the essays in the book "The Cinema of Michael Powell: International Perspectives on an English Filmmaker" edited by Ian Christie & Andrew Moor.

Although the French people love P&P (especially GTE & PT) well enough, many of the French academics and critics had often been a bit dismissive of them maybe as they don't fall into any neat category. It's those that Natacha is trying to convince, and doing a very good job at it.

I was only half joking when I once said that I expect she'll be the first Professor of P&P-ology in France.

She's also a lovely person which is why I usually refer to her as "the lovely Natacha" and I join your applause for her [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clapping.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clapping.gif[/img]

Steve

theuofc

Well said, Steve! Good for Lumière and Tavernier in including her in the project. Tavernier is a wonderful man. The more PnP in France, the better. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img]

Barbara

claudia

The Unfaithful Wife and The American version called Unfaithful .
So many movies,so little time.

DB7

Brandy for the Parson

Amiable post-war smuggling comedy starring Kennrth More and James Donald. As with many of the Group3 films the real winner is the location photography, in this case Dorset and Wilts (think the mini Stonehrnge must be Avebury?), as the genteel smugglers attempt to get 14 barrels of brandy to London with the Customs and Excise hot on their tail. Title comes from a Rudyard Kipling poem.

penfold

Don't know the film, but there's nothing 'mini' about Avebury....it's huge, way bigger than Stonehenge. No Trilithons (The doorway shaped structures) but huge shaped rocks - up to 500 tons each! - in a huge circle, with an immense outer ditch; two other internal 'sanctuaries'...and a rather nice village inside...!! Did you watch Children of the Stones as a kid?? That's Avebury... Avebury...impressive, innit!

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

DB7

Well here's a still. Any idea?

Steve Crook

Are those quadrupeds seaside donkeys? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]
It's a bit bleached out. They could be walking up a beach to some groynes.

How far away are they?
They're much too small to be Avebury.
They could be one of the many other circles of standing stones in these islands.
See Wikipedia for an idea of how many there are.

Steve

penfold

Could be The Rollrights.....

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

DB7

Circus pomies.

Here's 3 stills. (click to expand)

penfold

Not the Rollrights....indeed, I'd be surprised if they're genuine, too smooth, no lichen....

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

Rob Compton

They're too tall to be the Rollrights - but they could be Avebury, there are plenty of stones that height there.

Steve Crook

And from the long shot it looks like there's one central stone. I don't know any like that. They're mainly rings of stones. I'd vote for a "built for the film" job - unless anyone knows better.

Steve

DB7

Grierson and Eldridge on a Group 3 film - can't see it.

smudge

NAKED FURY -

No, not XXX ! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] Charles Saunders' 1959 short thriller for Butcher's Films. I had forgotten how tightly this was done for such a little low budget film. Not to bad at all. One fault in the casting, with Reed De Rouen playing the gang leader. This role could have benefitted from someone a little less mannered in it.

Still, it had the gorgeous Leigh Madison in it and a very good performance from calypso singer turned actor Tommy Eytle as the crook with a conscience. A good all round job given the limitations of the budget, running time and physical settings. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clapping.gif[/img]

SMUDGE

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