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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jun 18, 2008 13:58:56 GMT
I've noticed that Dem nodded off a bit while the sf was hyped. It gives me the opportunity to quickly admit to a deep religious faith. Its not just this deity that commands the worship. The Black Queen performs the necessary symbiosis
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Post by redbrain on Jun 19, 2008 11:51:40 GMT
I've noticed that Dem nodded off a bit while the sf was hyped. It gives me the opportunity to quickly admit to a deep religious faith. Its not just this deity that commands the worship. The Black Queen performs the necessary symbiosis How true -- I was out and about in my Barbarella T shirt the other day... Pygar is a pain -- but Anita Pallenberg's Black Queen was well worth the cost of my cinema ticket in 1967, and of the DVD in more recent years.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jun 19, 2008 12:05:32 GMT
You were there, 1967? Oh, to have seen that. Green with envy. I only saw it on the telly when I was at a highly impressionable age. Thought it was one of the best things in my life up to then. Could quote the angels words ever since.
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Post by redbrain on Jun 19, 2008 12:24:47 GMT
You were there, 1967? Oh, to have seen that. Green with envy. I only saw it on the telly when I was at a highly impressionable age. Thought it was one of the best things in my life up to then. Could quote the angels words ever since. Yes -- I was there in 1967. Earlier that day, I'd been in a news agents, and had said something about going to the pictures that night. The girl behind the counter said: "If you're going to see Barbarella I wouldn't bother. Realising that news agents don't necessarily employ reliable film critics, I ignored her advice.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jun 19, 2008 14:04:25 GMT
Takes me back to when I first went to work in London. Being near the National Film Theatre I joined up and dragged my brother out to see Ken Russell's The Devils. Second event - Barbarella! A couple of blokes at work saw it in the programme and wanted to go - I'd never seen it before - what an experience! Anita Pallenberg dubbed by Joan Greenwood is a tad disturbing though.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jun 19, 2008 14:38:11 GMT
I found that out years later - the dubbing - but for me it just adds to it. Joan had the sexiest voice i have ever heard. Stick the voice with the black queen and a young chap is in deep trouble
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jun 19, 2008 14:48:25 GMT
You saw this on the big screen. I'm still in a daydream thinking about it. My old English teacher started a film club at school purely to get hold of the cine reels for Barbarella and slow down the start: Man after my own heart
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Post by redbrain on Jun 19, 2008 15:26:21 GMT
You saw this on the big screen. I'm still in a daydream thinking about it. My old English teacher started a film club at school purely to get hold of the cine reels for Barbarella and slow down the start: Man after my own heart It was quite a big screen, too. That was before they started to split big cinemas into several small ones (each with a much smaller screen). Your English teacher was obviously groovier than any of the staff at my school.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jun 19, 2008 15:40:49 GMT
He was brilliant. I better not mention his name but he was loved by the lads at school for being a great joker and one of those dandy fellows who just had a great rapport with young people. Mostly I think because his interests were pretty similar to ours without being creepy. He was very bright too. Bright enough to get the school budget to fork out for a film club where he showed only films he liked which coincided pretty much with our tastes.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jun 19, 2008 15:42:58 GMT
I met him in the pub about a year ago and chatted away. I told him he taught me but he needn't go through the tiresome exercise of trying to remember who the fuck I was. He just laughed and bought me a pint.
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Post by redbrain on Jun 19, 2008 15:51:27 GMT
A film club like that was something to cherish. We just had educational films. The most entertaining bit was that sometimes the geography teacher could be persuaded to show the films backwards as he re-wound them.
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Post by weirdmonger on Jun 19, 2008 15:55:34 GMT
The most entertaining bit was that sometimes the geography teacher could be persuaded to show the films backwards as he re-wound them. Or showed natives in the jungle.
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Post by redbrain on Jun 19, 2008 16:32:13 GMT
The most entertaining bit was that sometimes the geography teacher could be persuaded to show the films backwards as he re-wound them. Or showed natives in the jungle. No natives in the jungle for us! On the other hand, our prefects weren't allowed to whack us. ;D
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jun 19, 2008 17:20:38 GMT
I always thought it was Fenella Fielding. A quick check of Wikipedia sadly doesn't clear the matter up at all. Anyone know the truth?
Oh, and lovely artful pictures by the way
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Post by redbrain on Jun 19, 2008 17:27:40 GMT
I always thought it was Fenella Fielding. A quick check of Wikipedia sadly doesn't clear the matter up at all. Anyone know the truth? Oh, and lovely artful pictures by the way I wonder whether a careful viewing of the film credits would settle this important matter. Fenella Fielding's nearest approach to a horror film (as far as I know) was Carry On Screaming.
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