it ain’t no big I’s and little U’s in my life
Sunday was good, went to see On A Clear Day and enjoyed the whole evening. Met up with Tina, got soaked, went to GFT, bumped into Peter (who I hadn’t seen in ages), met with various peeps then went to see the movie.
I really enjoyed it, it’s funny, it’s brilliantly acted and I was glad I saw it. Billy was great in it and I did feel that the whole thing worked. I totally get what Peter said about it being ‘a nice Sunday afternoon’ movie as it’s not going to challenge anyone in anyway but it is a great bit of escapism for 100 minutes and I would throughly recommend it. I think that the best thing I can say for the movie is that at the end of the film I was still interested in the characters and wanted to know more about their return home. If you’re still interested 100 minutes in then it has to have something going for you.
Also it was nice to see Glasgow in film protrayed as a ‘nice’ city and not one that is dingy and grim. You can see a nice interview with the director of the movie at a wee website we did for the Glasgow Film Office. It was also great to see Peter again after so long. It’ll be good to catch up with him and hear his chat, we did some great work back in the old days.
After the film had a few more drinks, met some more people then went up the road. A very lovely night all in.
And the episode of House that was on when I got home was pretty good too.
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I would love to get the opportunity to see “On A Clear Day”. It looks like a great laugh. Here’s hoping it makes it to DVD in the United States. I didn’t think Glasgow looked “dingy and grim” at all when I visited. There was an astonishing mix of old and new architecture. It was fascinating. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Decent of you to give us a review. The thought didn’t occur to me that Billy could be in anything that wasn’t purely entertaining.
Sounds like a wonderful Sunday afternoon, dear. I can hardly wait to see it myself, I’ve watched the trailer a couple of times and it sounds like my cup of tea. It’s nice to visit with you here, I love keeping track of your progress. Wonderful stuff you’re producing. And it’s good to take a break from the goings-on here in the south. Keep us in your thoughts, it’s going pretty badly right now.
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Pipkin