Oliver! At the BFI

[pelam123]

General booking opened today for the screening of Oliver! at the BFI Southbank (NFT1) next month. If you can get along to the screening on 3rd March there will be a Q&A session afterwards with Ron Moody, Mark Lester and Kenneth Cranham.

[jimw1]

General booking opened today for the screening of Oliver! at the BFI Southbank (NFT1) next month. If you can get along to the screening on 3rd March there will be a Q&A session afterwards with Ron Moody, Mark Lester and Kenneth Cranham.

No Chance of being there but I wish I could......

[didi-5]

We're going to the non-Q&A screening and taking my parents as well. Sad to miss the extra bit but I hope that a good time is had by all ...

[faginsgirl]

And you can imagine how disappointed I am at not being able to go . But I`m not well at the moment.

[Elaine]

Hope you are better soon faginsgirl. You never know, Oliver might just come to a town near you in the near future as The Charles Dickens showings at The BFI are touring through Britain as of now. I am hoping to See Tale of Two Cities again in this way.

[julian_craster]

An excellent performance from Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities - Carton is less fey/camp than in the Rank version....

[Film Man]

Have they found the 70mm version I wonder? Probably the colour has faded beyond use...oh well.
Film Man.

[faginsgirl]

Hope you are better soon faginsgirl. You never know, Oliver might just come to a town near you in the near future as The Charles Dickens showings at The BFI are touring through Britain as of now. I am hoping to See Tale of Two Cities again in this way.

Thanks Elaine. The BFI has opened at the Discovery museum in Newcastle now, so I will keep an eye on their website

Although I don`t suppose Ron and Mark will come to Newcastle. Nobody ever comes to Newcastle

[Elaine]

I feel the same faginsgirl. No one ever comes to Grimsby, apart from a few Iceland trawlers landing fish. Culture doesn't do our town

[Elaine]

An excellent performance from Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities - Carton is less fey/camp than in the Rank version....

I never thought as the Rank organisation as fey/or camp. And is giving a sensitive portrayal of a much troubled man, being camp? I don't think so! Ronald Colman's performance as Sidney Carton was of it's time, and is a classic, but, and I say this without prejudice, Dirk Bogarde's was the more realistic Sidney Carton. In my opinon anyway.

[Mr Sloane]

I never thought as the Rank organisation as fey/or camp. And is giving a sensitive portrayal of a much troubled man, being camp? I don't think so! Ronald Colman's performance as Sidney Carton was of it's time, and is a classic, but, and I say this without prejudice, Dirk Bogarde's was the more realistic Sidney Carton. In my opinon anyway.

The problem is not that Dirk is fey or camp in A Tale of Two Cities but that he takes a naturalistic approach to the role.
Dickens works best with big bold performances. Think of all the great Dicken's characters on screen Martita's Haversham, Moody's Fagin, Sullivan's Jaggers,Newton's Sykes,Rathbone's Murdstone and Edna Mae's Betsy Trotwood. Large and full portraits. Ronald Colman's portrayal is fits beautifully along side all these great performances.

[CaptainWaggett]

The problem is not that Dirk is fey or camp in A Tale of Two Cities but that he takes a naturalistic approach to the role.
Dickens works best with big bold performances. Think of all the great Dicken's characters on screen Martita's Haversham, Moody's Fagin, Sullivan's Jaggers,Newton's Sykes,Rathbone's Murdstone and Edna Mae's Betsy Trotwood. Large and full portraits. Ronald Colman's portrayal is fits beautifully along side all these great performances.

Are you saying Derek Bond's performance isn't what people remember from Nicholas Nickleby?

[Elaine]

The problem is not that Dirk is fey or camp in A Tale of Two Cities but that he takes a naturalistic approach to the role.
Dickens works best with big bold performances. Think of all the great Dicken's characters on screen Martita's Haversham, Moody's Fagin, Sullivan's Jaggers,Newton's Sykes,Rathbone's Murdstone and Edna Mae's Betsy Trotwood. Large and full portraits. Ronald Colman's portrayal is fits beautifully along side all these great performances.

You have a point there Mr Sloane, Charles Dickens' characters do appear larger than life. Just pronouncing some of the names is a challenge. Ronald Colman's performance was beautifully crafted, with all of the panache to fit in with Jerry Cruncher and the rest of the cast. But I do prefer the quieter more restrained misery of Dirk's Sidney. He seemed to ouse self hatred, lack of self worth. I have both copies of Tale of Two cities, and I value them both. I am quite a fan of all of Dickens work.

[pelam123]

I had hoped that Ossie Morris, the cinematographer, who was Oscar nominated for Oliver! might attend, as I'm sure he would love to see the original re-mastered Panavision 70mm version of his photgraphy (if that is indeed what they have, which is a big "if".) However, at 97, I assume he may not be up to it.

[faginsgirl]

I`ve put this in the Oliver thread, but I should have put it here instead really.