Lady Of Seven

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Dumas sitting with Cissy and Ada...

"You know that... *slowly mouths 'The Count Of Monte Cristo'*...well, apparently he..."

Afterwards the question was how long that character had been in the water of the fountain waiting to pounce. In the end Edgar just chuckled that he hadn't thought that one through. The logic didn't stand but it didn't matter. Sadly the pure comedic frame of it was shot down like the contestant.

Last night Edgar Wright did a Q&A after a screening of The Running Man and as part of the event one of the Blu-ray extras was screened which was the full reel of the hunters' best hits. One involved Lee Pace's character emerging from a fountain to eliminate a contestant. It was funny.

Copy of The Running Man on Blu-Ray signed by director Edgar Wright.

Absolutely lashed by the wind and rain on the way home from The Running Man Q&A at the BFI with @edgarwright.bsky.social but the signed Blu-ray made it back in one piece...

The Tragic Chute.

Old music hall star Little Titch, famed for his big shoes.

I hedge, therefore I hog.

AI would've had him in trunks with a sweaty beefed up torso while the cat had six legs.

Otters, Racoons, Butterflies.

What the inside of that hat looks like when he takes it off...
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Scene is a suburban street. A green RANGE ROVER is parked on the kerb. We see two men approach it. We'll call them MAN 1 and MAN 2. MAN 1 [showing Man 2 the Range Rover] So yeah here it is 59,000 on the clock Nice racing green MAN 2: Looks lovely MAN 1: It's got the heated seats, auto headlights [Man 2 looks in the front seat] MAN 2: Really nice [man 2 now opening the back door] MAN 1: Reverse camera, air quality sensor Leather upgrade - MAN 2: What's that? MAN 1: What  MAN 2: There's something on the back seat there  [we now see what he is looking at on the back seat. it is the tiny, shrivelled, calcified form of ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR, claw-like hands laced, his tiny body all grey, his hunted eyes glowing red] MAN 1: I can't see anything. MAN 2: You've got Andrew Mountbatten Windsor MAN 1: That's just light wear MAN 2: It's not light wear mate, it's the former Prince  It's completely ingrained in the leather [he scratches disdainfully at the melted form of the royal wraith] MAN 2: Is this why you didn't show the back seat on the listing? MAN 1: It's a design feature. MAN 2: I've come down from Suffolk mate. [Ends]

The brilliant Derren Brown-esque use of throw away typos to build to a perfect punchline that's laid out so delicately. Had it on VHS for years and it was always my favourite bit.

Comic Relief - The Inside Story - BBC - 1991-03-15 YouTube video by RChappo2002

Which in turn led to the structured documentary spoof/parody like Operation Good Guys and The Office.

One of my all-time favourite pre-dates these by some years and was only ever aired once. This meta documentary sketch from the 1991 Comic Relief night... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEiO...

Just Another Day Walton on the Naze Part 1 YouTube video by Yvonne Krajewska

Naturally it's on You Tube...
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Definitely. 'Fly-on-the-wall' became 'scripted reality' and it's never managed to wrestle itself back to pure reality since.

Saying that, the Just Another Day docs have an element of framing to them. The Walton-On-The-Naze one has a blatant ADR conversation added in post-production. Early seeds.

The bit with the violin repair is pure ASMR.

There are so many singular moments throughout. The old couple, the singing group, the philosophising lift operator who predicts the storm, the constant exasperation of the station manager, passengers waiting in the broken lift, the guy cleaning the kitchen tops and floor with the same cloth. Gold!

"If you want some information, my husband's 88 and I'm 85!"

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Hard Boiled was in fact the first film I ever saw at the PCC. I was at the Hot Fuzzival event back in 2007 where @edgarwright.bsky.social put on three films - Hard Boiled, Last Boy Scout & Point Break - before a screening of Hot Fuzz with live commentary from him, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and others.

One of my proudest moments was I once did an ad-hoc repair of a colleague's glasses with a steady hand and the blade of a Stanley knife. Sadly, the introduction of safe plastic box cutters means this wouldn't be possible now. Bleedin' health and safety. C'huh.

Illegal wars aren't won.

Another top meeting of the Music Video Preservation Society at @princecharlescinema.com this evening...

I did sing that High Life chapter title. I really did.

Oh dearie me.

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Jenrick, Braverman and Rosindell looking at their new rosettes...

Joe Locke, Emmy winner.

Correct.

If you switch over at that point to the line in Shaun Of The Dead, when John the landlord tells a silhouette at the door, 'Sorry, we're closed!' then you can stretch out the end by an extra hour.

Sort of.

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This is just wild.

Top of the current Getty Images editorial page is coverage of the photo call at the UN council where Melania Trump - looking like Donald in drag - is calling for "peace through education..."

Also, suspect they wouldn't be going into Iran if Russia hadn't tied up its military resources in their own attacks on Ukraine. Trump and Putin letting each other get on with their own vanity projects.

He's allowed "defence" strikes of attacks leaving from Iran that enter into other territories. If the US attempts to make attacks into Iran from these bases then he can withdraw that permission and give a legal stance to do so. It feels icky, but it's looking to defend rather than participate.