Bank of Dave.

[nimnarb]

Netflix. Reminded me in a strange way of "Brassed Off". British, made in Burnley. Bit Cheesy perhaps for some, don't care, loved it. Get In!! Brill.

[Leothebear]

Watching it now. My kind of film. Thanks for the rec!

In contrast, I watched The Conversation (Gene Hackman - on Iplayer I think) last night, a film the critics probably raved about back in the day. Boring.

As I get older I find I like gentle British films. Far more entertaining and edifying than in your face, loud, US stuff.

[XFool]

Watching it now. My kind of film. Thanks for the rec!

In contrast, I watched The Conversation (Gene Hackman - on Iplayer I think) last night, a film the critics probably raved about back in the day. Boring.

Really? A prime example of 1970s urban paranoia films* - or possibly it's closing swansong?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation#Critical_response

* I always think of Klute(1971) as the start. But of course there was also the very interesting The Anderson Tapes(1971)

Klute was directed by Alan J Pakula, as were The Parallax View(1974) and All The President's Men (1976).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_J._Pakula

As I get older I find I like gentle British films. Far more entertaining and edifying than in your face, loud, US stuff.

I think you must mean recent Hollywood action films. Not the classics from the 1970s.

[GrahamPlatt]

Netflix. Reminded me in a strange way of "Brassed Off". British, made in Burnley. Bit Cheesy perhaps for some, don't care, loved it. Get In!! Brill.

Snap. And I heard on the radio this morning a brief snippet from an actress who was in it saying she’s in the next one. i.e. they’re making a sequel.

[Leothebear]

I think you must mean recent Hollywood action films. Not the classics from the 1970s.


Mainly yes. The Conversation, however was not my cup of tea at all.

[nimnarb]

Watching it now. My kind of film. Thanks for the rec!

In contrast, I watched The Conversation (Gene Hackman - on Iplayer I think) last night, a film the critics probably raved about back in the day. Boring.

As I get older I find I like gentle British films. Far more entertaining and edifying than in your face, loud, US stuff.

You seen "The Man in the Hat?" Amazon Prime.

here's a few more..

https://www.britishtv.com/light-uplifti ... tream-now/

[DrFfybes]

I think you must mean recent Hollywood action films. Not the classics from the 1970s.


Mainly yes. The Conversation, however was not my cup of tea at all.

I watched that again one evening last year. It has dated a bit, but I had to wacth it to the end as I'd forgotten how complicated it was. I found Klute a bit "clumsy" if that is the right word, but Sleuth OTOH

I've seen Bank of Dave promoted and have added ot to our list.

Paul