'cast & crew: the long good friday', bbc4 11.30pm WEDS

[DaveCinzano]

...as in, tonight

"kirsty wark talks to the cast and crew of one of britain's best movies. helen mirren and bob hoskins recall the film's making and its controversail release."

 

[hendo]

Have you seen this film recently? It's not aged well.

It feels like an episode of The Sweeney, but without John Thaw.

Look out for a teenie Pierce Brosnan though.

 

[DaveCinzano]

the mafia? i've shit'em

 

[DaveCinzano]

Have you seen this film recently? It's not aged well.

i dunno, the grammar of the film is timeless i think.

 

[hendo]

What grammar?

There's no character development and the camerawork is, well let's say, formulaic.

The script is a barking dog.

Has it aged as well as say 'Get Carter'? No.

But don't take my word for it, as I have these things on a DVD.

Let's have a gangster night at Hendo's Lair.

PM me and we'll sort a date when we can evaluate these films properly.

 

[DaveCinzano]

What grammar?

it's a back-to-basics tragedy, following an arc of inevitability: harold is trying to escape his fate, but we the audience know he cannot. he is caught between a new world and old; he is trying to escape himself, to become the 'legitimate businessman', but never will he not be doomed, violent, impulsive harold shand, gangland boss.

his desires, his avarice and his man-beast hardwiring, whilst all helping him to attain the trappings of his dreams, also conspire to trap him within the nightmare from which he wants to escape.



a gangster night sounds a fine idea as well