Thursday 8 July 2010

Four days in July

Little-seen Mike Leigh TV film set in the North. It explores both sides of the community using a slow pace. There's an hilarious scene in a hospital with an expectant father where he tells a nurse to hurry up as he wants to go home for his tea! This scene is one of Leigh's best. Another good scene involves a Loyalist checking underneath his car for a bomb! The rest does get a bit boring due to the long takes and static shots. Probably the most low-key film made about the Northern troubles?

Master of the world

Dated movie from the 1960s with Vincent Price trying to stop wars around the world. He uses an airship to attack from the sky. A group of ...