Cool It Carol! (Pete Walker, 1970)
Posted: February 10, 2010 Filed under: British Cinema, European Cinema, Faces, Film, Finding Words, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith | Tags: BF Taylor, Billy Liar, British Cinema, Cool It Carol!, European Cinema, Faces, Film Studies, From Robin Wood to Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith, Words Leave a comment »Revelation, here, becomes a varied discovery of both the places you have dreamed about and the failings you fear revealed.
Robin Askwith
Posted: October 30, 2009 Filed under: British Cinema, Faces, Film Studies, Finding Words, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith | Tags: BF Taylor, British Cinema, Confessions, Cool It Carol!, Film Studies, From Robin Wood to Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith, Words Leave a comment »
Faces loom and shine here like new stars spied hanging in the night for the very first time every time.
Major Themes and Minor Movements Pt. 2
Posted: July 15, 2009 Filed under: British Cinema, Finding Words, PeteWalker, Robin Askwith | Tags: BF Taylor, Billy Liar, British Cinema, British New Wave, Confessions, Cool It Carol!, European Cinema, Faces, Film Studies, From Robin Wood to Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, John Schlesinger, Julie Christie, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith, Tom Courtenay, Words Leave a comment »Such an allegedly minor movement from where we are to where we want to be can become a major theme.
film studiesFor Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie read Robin Askwith and Janet Lynn
Posted: July 13, 2009 Filed under: British Cinema, British New Wave, European Cinema, Faces, Finding Words, PeteWalker, Robin Askwith | Tags: Billy Liar, British Cinema, British New Wave, Faces, Film Studies, From Robin Wood to Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, Julie Christie, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith, Tom Courtenay, Words Leave a comment »
Exploring mobility and stasis, fantasy and reality Pete Walker’s Cool It Carol! shares a common purpose with Schlesinger’s Billy Liar.
Stream Line (Chris Welsby, 1976) vs Confessions of a Driving Instructor (Norman Cohen, 1976)
Posted: June 30, 2009 Filed under: British Cinema, Finding Words, Robin Askwith, Versus | Tags: British Cinema, Chris Welsby, Confessions, Experimental Film, Film Studies, Norman Cohen, Robin Askwith, Stream Line, Versus, Words Leave a comment »
Welsby’s contemplative unfolding space juxtaposed with those more frenetic and exploitative spaces unnaturally bared in Confessions of a Driving Instructor.
