Today is a great day to introduce (or remind) people to Geoffrey Jones' classic short film Snow (1963, 8mins long) about the British Rail system dealing with an exceedingly heavy winter — superbly edited as series of accelerating, interleaved short sequences perfectly cut to the music. Visual story telling at its finest!
Hello I'm Paul aka BirdsOfPraise, I've been on fedi since maybe 2016 or something. I like #music (making and consuming), #nature (being therein), stand up #comedy, #fringeTheatre, etc etc.
I live in #Leeds UK, I'm a big ol' #queer and I do web dev work for the #BFI
This is currently a single-user instance so I would appreciate a few boosts for visibility!
"This is the trailer to 'The Rites of Mu' (1991) which is part of the film 23 Seconds to Eternity (2023), to be screened and archived at the BFI, London from the 6th of November 2023."
Everything you need to know about the beauty and explosive danger of nitrate film, from how we look after it to the filmmakers who’ve been inspired by it.
BFI: Where to begin with Mike Leigh (www.bfi.org.uk)
This BFI recommendations page offers "a beginner’s path through the hilarious and heart-wrenching tragicomic dramas of British director Mike Leigh".