This is honestly one of the worst performances I've ever seen in football. No spirit. Second to every ball. Sloppy passing. Playing like a bunch of strangers.
Killjoy! Happiness will prevail!
Oh...are they not showing that work of absolute genius, The Happiness Patrol, after all?
I remember reading reports about him trying to make this film back in the 90s. I'd pretty much given up on it ever actually being made.
I found the creature in Frankenstein equally tediously verbose. I do think Dracula is the better novel of the two though.
If you prefer to read rather than listen, you can find the transcript, with the episode notes, here; aplungeintocalvino.wordpress.com
The blog of the A Plunge Into Calvino podcast
Episode 11 of the podcast is now available to listen to. It's called Fathers, Sons, Ants and Atom Bombs and looks at the environment and the tension between the country and the urban in Calvino's work, as well as the relationship between Calvino and his father. open.spotify.com/show/41IrJek...
Podcast · [object Object] · An occasional podcast exploring the work of Italian writer Italo Calvino. Text of scripted episodes available at https://aplungeintocalvino.wordpress.com/
What film projects would you love to see happen? I'd love to see Ridley Scott make an Arthurian epic. The cinema cut would be a mess but the 4-hour Director's Cut would be amazing.
'Listen buster. You're just the Mandragora Helix. *I'm* Rik fucking Mayall.'
Part of a classic Friday night comedy line-up with Bottom.