miss_s_b: (Gashlycrumb Tinies)miss_s_b ([personal profile] miss_s_b) wrote,
@ 2010-06-09 01:39 pm UTC
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Entry tags:being helpful o:-), fantastic films weekend
You might have gathered over the past few days that I am a big fan of the FFW. It's something I look forward to every year. Next year is the festival's tenth birthday, and as such it ought to be a doozy. The thing is, the FFW is not guaranteed to happen; if there isn't enough public demand then there's no point in the museum spending all that money to put the event on. So we need to make sure that the museum know the demand is there...

Now, I know that lots of readers of this blog are fans of genre films. But how many of you would be willing to travel to Bradford to see them? Are there any films which would have you leaping on a train with gay abandon?

Leave a comment to this entry and I will make sure Tony, the festival director, sees it. Or send the man himself an email - tony DOT earnshaw AT nationalmediamuseum DOT org DOT uk.

My suggestions include Ginger Snaps (feministy werewolf films FTW!), Dark City (Rufus Sewell's bum!), The Tingler (with or without seat modifications) and The Blob. I also think it would be cool to do something with Doctor Who - perhaps one of the Peter Cushing films (Dalek Invasion of Earth has genre favourites Cushing and Andrew Keir in, and would capitalise on interest in the current series).

What films/events would attract YOU?


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[identity profile] irkthepurist.livejournal.com
2010-06-09 09:03 pm UTC (link)
oh i completely understand that (i worked with him about ten years ago as part of my placement for my masters degree. he'd never heard of "the day the clown cried" until i pointed him towards it. that's my key memory of my time working with him! i doubt he remembers me at all!). but the problem is that if the festival is just niche then we can't really justify the cost. i want to see 1. an old classic 2. a hard to find classic 3. something populist and 4. something i've simply never heard of before. and the last two years have seemed to entirely fail at that sadly

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