tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post2359898797425243145..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Theatre of warTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-41824001036250978012010-11-29T01:17:55.005+00:002010-11-29T01:17:55.005+00:00Saw the Accused episode. Thought Crook was v good....Saw the Accused episode. Thought Crook was v good. But the setting - the quarry near Bolton - wasn't really up to scratch.<br />So - yes - happy for it to have been made and shown - but would have preferred a bigger quarry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-66197615607128805642010-11-24T05:55:29.421+00:002010-11-24T05:55:29.421+00:00Of course he’s entitled to his opinion, Richard. B...Of course he’s entitled to his opinion, Richard. But he seemed to be drifting from “I didn’t like it” to “it shouldn’t have been made”, and that disturbs me. In fact, these days, any such attack on BBC programming from those associated with the Conservative Party (as both Dannatt and Collins are) is pretty disturbing. Rather reminds me of Tebbit’s attacks during the Falklands and the bombing of Libya, but the end game of the present Govt is even more worrying.<br /><br />I thought of Blimp, Annie; it actually seems quite gentle to us, and Candy’s a lovely old buffer. Amazing that it got made at all, though.<br /><br />And agree about Hearts of Darkness. That’s what changed my mind about Apoc Now; before then I thought it was about Nam, with a bit of Conrad thrown in.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-90675180757126419382010-11-23T22:33:38.090+00:002010-11-23T22:33:38.090+00:00I haven't seen it, but I have seen this, which...I haven't seen it, but I have seen this, which got the same sort of reaction when it came out:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Death_of_Colonel_Blimp#Reception<br /><br />Nothing changes...<br /><br />(Also, my preferred Vietnam movie is Full Metal Jacket. And have you ever seen Mrs Coppola's Making of movie, "Hearts of Darkness"? Francis was insane, but Eleanor remained so calm watching and filming her husband cracking up in the middle of all the insanity that she seems like the real nutcase...)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-5248489133042908202010-11-23T16:24:08.658+00:002010-11-23T16:24:08.658+00:00He's entitled to his comment, of course, but m...He's entitled to his comment, of course, but my immediate thought on reading about this earlier was when I want advice on how to conduct a military campaign, I'll ask a three star general and not Andrew Lloyd Webber. Although it could be argued that the generals are never up to much anyway.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313387849115278988noreply@blogger.com