Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
Brownlow’s portrait of the last days of Glasgow’s tram system centres on the last tram to run in 1962, accentuating the mood of the final journey by contrasting shots of the event to the sounds of Joe Meek & The Tornados’ Telstar, a symbol of the modern world to which the tram no longer belongs.
Brownlow’s portrait of the last days of Glasgow’s tram system centres on the last tram to run in 1962, accentuating the mood of the final journey by contrasting shots of the event to the sounds of Joe Meek & The Tornados’ Telstar, a symbol of the modern world to which the tram no longer belongs.