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Sunset Song (1971)
Classic serial
I can't believe I am the first person to review this brilliant TV series. I would have been too young to watch it in 1971, but the BBC have recently been showing old classic TV series on BBC4. I have rewatched Our friends in the north, How green was my valley, The singing detective and The roads to freedom. Sunset Song is just as good.
It tells the story of Chris Guthrie, her family and the local farming community in NE Scotland. I had to watch with subtitles as the Scottish dialect is difficult to follow, but it does make the drama more real. Vivien Heilbron is perfect as Chris as is Andrew Keir as her difficult father, but all the acting was first class as was the direction and pacing.
It will be available on BBC iplayer for several months.
The Wire: It's All Connected (2006)
Great series, shame about the documentary
There are some interesting interviews with the writers, actors etc.but the editing is awful. We jump from one person to the next every few seconds and have endless clips from the tv series. All played out with percussive music.
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
How not to make a documentary
There is a documentary called 'Withnail and us', which tells the back story and explains the cult status of the film 'Withnail and I'.
It is informative and entertaining. It interviews the writer/director, actors and fans.
There is no annoying narrator, no intrusive backing music and people interviewed are given time to air their views.
Please watch this instead of 'The movie that made us' to see how to make a documentary .