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Clay
Mar 30, 2008 16:00:22 GMT
Post by weirdmonger on Mar 30, 2008 16:00:22 GMT
Did anyone see CLAY this afternoon on BBC1? A brand new monster film with Sixties music! IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. A landmark in TV viewing. More later. des
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Clay
Mar 30, 2008 16:21:01 GMT
Post by weirdmonger on Mar 30, 2008 16:21:01 GMT
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Clay
Mar 30, 2008 16:30:48 GMT
Post by weirdmonger on Mar 30, 2008 16:30:48 GMT
The monster itself is low-key, from modern standards, but so bloody wonderful in the context. So poignantly 'Frankenstein'-created. Unmissable period atmosphere of the Sixties, with romantic interest for the hero.
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Clay
Mar 30, 2008 18:19:51 GMT
Post by Calenture on Mar 30, 2008 18:19:51 GMT
Imelda Staunton is always good, and the story seems fascinating, so I'm sorry I missed it. "In a bizarre ritual the boys then raise a "golem", a creature fashioned from clay, capable of despatching anyone, even Martin Mould. Magic? Surely not - just the product of two fevered imaginations. But then Mouldy winds up dead. The two boys come to blows as Davie has to deal with the awful power they may have unleashed and the perils of getting what you wish for." When I checked the author's name, I found that I had one of his books - the title is better known than the author's name, I think (at least to me). Fletcher Sibthorp This book has been the source of a Radio 4 play. From the cover: "He was lying there in the darkness behind the tea chests, in the dust and dirt. It was as if he'd been there forever. He was filthy and dried out and I thought he was dead. I couldn't have been more wrong. I'd soon begin to see the truth about him. That there'd never been another creature like him in the world. "Michael was looking forward to moving house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. "Then he steps into the crumbling garage... "What is this thing beneath the spiders' webs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is Mina. Together, they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever..." "A story of love and faith, written with exquisite, heart-fluttering tenderness. It is an extraordinarily profound book, no matter what the age of the reader." The Chairman of the Whitbread Judges. And the novel of Clay is available: David Almond's homepage
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Clay
Mar 30, 2008 18:46:38 GMT
Post by weirdmonger on Mar 30, 2008 18:46:38 GMT
When I checked the author's name, I found that I had one of his books - Thanks for that info, Rog. I've suddenly realised, after checking, that this David Almond is the same one who edited PANURGE and published me in an edition of it in 1989: Cover below from Small Press Ark: It's a small world.
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Clay
Mar 30, 2008 21:25:03 GMT
Post by fullbreakfast on Mar 30, 2008 21:25:03 GMT
Did anyone see CLAY this afternoon on BBC1? A brand new monster film with Sixties music! IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. A landmark in TV viewing. More later. des Thanks for the tip. It can be viewed on iPlayer if you've got a broadband connection (for the next six days only). Here: tinyurl.com/37lrs9EDIT: I modified the shortened URL above as the first effort didn't seem to work properly.
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Clay
Mar 30, 2008 22:50:19 GMT
Post by David A. Riley on Mar 30, 2008 22:50:19 GMT
Thanks for this. The link works perfectly well on my PC. Full screen, it's brilliant. David
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