Movie watched: Lifeboat

Connection to A Canterbury Tale: both were WWII films and were
essentially propaganda/buy bonds movies.

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Movie watched: A Canterbury Tale

Connection to The Red Shoes: both films were made by "The Archers", Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Movie watched

Pontypool, the new film from Bruce Macdonald. Because this was new in the cinema, no connection to the previous film is required.

I was quite impressed by this. Not knowing anything about it really other than that it's a "sort-of-but-not-really-a-zombie-movie" was a good thing. I had no idea what to expect. I don't want to say too much other than check it out if you can, especially if you're a big fan of sound - which is really key in this. The lead role of Grant Mazzy could easily have been played by my friend Tom Phillips (but was actually played by Stephen McHattie). It would be interesting to hear what Mark Kermode might think of this if it ever gets to the UK.

Movie watched: The Red Shoes

Connection to The Pianist: Composing. The Pianist is about Wladyslaw Szpilman (played by Adrian Brody), a Polish Composer and The Red Shoes is about a ballet dancer (Moira Shearer) who has an affair with a composer (played by Marius Goring).

Movie watched: The Pianist

Connection to Life is Beautiful: the Holocaust.

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Movie watched

Australia. Still in theatres; no connection required.

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