Wednesday, December 22, 2010

'All great buildings resemble crimes they say...'

Tonight I am mostly watching the Red Riding series. It's damn good and one of those shows set in the 70s/80s where costume, setting and atmosphere are captured and styled so well it's a pleasure to lose yourself into it. A palate of old school browns, beige, murky grey skies and characters dressed in flares and woolen jumpers, drinking larger and chain smoking. So not entirely unlike a night out in The Workmans Club or say Smithfield in Dublin. Andrew Garfield is such a great talent. He was the best thing about the Facebook movie too. Anything I try to express cannot come close to this incredibly beautifully written review though so I'll stop there.

5 comments:

  1. Who's that writer that did the modern pastiche on all the old fairy tales? It was a woman but I can't remember who....

    Hugh

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  2. Hmmm is she Irish and do you mean a children's writer?

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  3. Though you prob meant crime writer..

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  4. No, it was all very love, death and sex. It had red in the title and it was a collection of short stories based on fairy tales. That's why the above made me think of it. Can't find it on google but I'm sure I have a copy somewhere...

    And no, not Irish

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  5. One slightly longer google search later...

    Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber

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