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James Dalrymple

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Tough double bill this evening. 1/ Peter Watkins' The War Game (1966), commissioned for The Wednesday Play but pulled by the BBC before transmission, and not broadcast for nearly 20 years. A pseudo-documentary, it is very much a dry run for Threads (1984). 2/ Alain Resnais' Night & Fog (1956).

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Jeremy Millar's avatar Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social
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I sometimes used to do a class which had Night and Fog and The House is Black and that was not one of happiest sessions of the year

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James Dalrymple's avatar James Dalrymple @jamesewand.bsky.social
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I'll do anything to avoid watching the football

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Chris's avatar Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social
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Love Watkins’ work. Especially The War Game. Edvard Munch is cool too

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