Bill Douglas Links
I’ll see what I can do
Danke, Ozufan, danke very much.
They are easy enough to rent as facets from Chicago put them out last year. Two of my fav films.
I suspect “Facets from Chicago” is one of those things only Americans can use, right?
Stuff the rest of the world…
They are available in the Uk from the BFI as well, but yes Sanjuro I get your point about the rest of the world:)
Ah, actually I just noticed Max is from Texas, so I guess he has no excuse (except the obvious – I’d never touch a Facets release with a very long pole, of course.)
Thanks, Sanjuro. I have a few Facets DVDs. I’m looking at a cost-effective (free) method of viewing. I figure if I can see about 4 hours of his stuff, streaming on YouTube, there’s got to be a way to see these other films (2-ish hours altogether) for the same price.
Thanks a ton, Ozufan!
Anyone interested in what happened to the lead actor Stephen Archibald should check out an interview he gave on the set of Looking After Jo Jo. The crew did not believe he had been an actor on the first day he turned up at the location shooting in Niddrie, but interviewed him later when they discovered he was telling the truth. He died about a year later.
For any Edinburgh based Mubi types, there is a Bill Douglas weekend taking place at the Arts Centre, Newcraighall and Newcraighall Primary School this weekend: including free showings of the trilogy, Comrades, and some rare footage.
There is also a couple of exhibitions and several speakers.
If anyone’s ever in Exeter, UK, then check out the Bill Dougla Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture. The centre is built round Douglas’ collection of movie artefacts and ephemera donated to the university when he died. Fascinating.
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/bdc/whatisbdc.shtml
Bill Douglas Weekend was fascinating and particularly for the chance to meet Peter Jewell, Bill’s lifelong friend, who filled in some details about the student films.
Charlie Chaplin’s London (1969) was an expansion of a home movie Charlie Chaplin Lived Here.
Charlie Chaplin Lived Here was shown on Saturday is a 7 and a half minute silent film of several London locations that had Chaplin connections including residences, work house, Lambeth Walk and his father’s home. Jewell gave a commentary as it played. Charlie Chaplin’s London still exists in the basement of London Film School, but as the first term films weren’t catalogued, it would need someone to ferret it out.
Striptease exists as a cutting copy with separate sountrack and it’s attempted showing at a french film festival failed when it got stuck in the projector. Given it only exists as two different elements it would need two projectors to show it in its present state. It consists, as the title suggests, of a striptease and consists of a woman discarding her clothes and then her limbs. Jewell says he has seen a similar idea done on The Benny Hill Show.
Globe is a one minute film of a spherical fish tank with a poem read about this being the scene of the crime.
The exhibitions had loads of interesting artefacts and documents including a school register from when Bill Douglas was six.
Apologies for the poor photos. The picture was drawn by local artist Nick Shaw.
Max
So, I had the pleasure of seeing Comrades for the DC last week and My Childhood the next day after its link was posted on the DC Links thread.
Now I’m very curious to see the other two films on his page, My Ain Folk and My Way Home.
Anyone know of any streaming links for these films?
Assistance would be greatly appreciated.