Showing posts with label Bill Forsyth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Forsyth. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Gregory's Girl




Very few films in recent history can claim to be as touching or truthful as Gregory's Girl (1980) in regards to adolescent struggles. While "honest" portrayal of teenage life has been upon the minds of modern film makers, very few get's as close as this over 30 year old film.  The story simply follows Gregory a boy turning into a man and his shy but tenacious pursuit of Dorothy, a soccer savant.

Saturday, 22 September 2012

Local Hero






Charming and optimistic, Local Hero manages to ilicit the feeling of a modern fairytale within traditional Hollywood storytelling. However, what is unique, is that it never manages to fall in the same pitfalls and conventional plot threads so persistent in this sort of film. Rather it brings forth an engaging, thorough provoking, charming, and  intriguing piece of Cinema, to warm the cuckolds of our heart.