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Post by helrunar on Jul 25, 2016 14:54:12 GMT
This thread is why I just LOVE this site...
I have BLUE BLOOD on VHS. The last time I checked, it hadn't been issued in any more up to date home video format. Can't imagine why...
A friend converted it to a DVD-R a year or two ago and I should re-watch. My memory is a blur of trippy paintings, Derek Jacobi in some outrageous psych-bohemian get-ups, a sultry, sulky Ollie with a massive moustache, an ingenue "heroine" who had all the charm of a wide space in the road, and periodic appearances by the fab Fiona Lewis who instantly annihilated all else with her wit and classic Brit beauty.
As a gay male, I did wonder how many times Derek and Fiona had to rehearse their sex scene without getting the giggles. No doubt they concentrated firmly on their respective paychecks.
I doubt it is of interest to anyone here, but Simon Raven mercilessly lampooned the fun fair at Longleat under the name of "Cant-fun" in his Alms to Oblivion novel sequence and the sequel, "First Born of Egypt" (which I find to be great fun and full of weird esoteric crap that has me turning the pages rapidly when I'm reading on the bus--critics gripe that it's "not as good" as the earlier books--because critics, apparently, DON'T LIKE TO HAVE FUN).
cheers, H.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jul 25, 2016 15:06:17 GMT
It's certainly on Region 2 DVD, Hel. The Mrs looked up at the start and saw Derek Jacobi arsing about in a mustard checked tail coat in front of that stately home and must have thought it was set in the 18th Century because she had apoplexy when she next looked up and saw a Space Hopper in the children's nursery. The more I think about this film the more I'm getting to like it.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 25, 2016 17:05:14 GMT
That's nice to hear that the movie came out on disc in R2. I don't know if it will ever be issued over here. I know Derek Jacobi does have a lot of fans here due to CADFAEL and other things. btw photos of the Longleat murals are now here. A link in an earlier post from His Most August Lordship Dem Bones seems to be dead now. www.lordbath.co.uk/muralsH. |
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Post by dem on Apr 6, 2020 18:58:34 GMT
 Metro, 6 April 2000 |
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