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Britain's Closest Encounters (2008)
A travesty!
this edition of 'britain's closest encounterts' was frankly a travesty of a programme that attempted to pass off a famous possible ufo sighting and landing in north wales in January 1974 as being 'poacher's lamps'! Totally one sided in its presentation the documentary's makers featured numerous so called 'sceptics' but not a single ufologist was included to support the view that a very significant ufo incident occurred in north wales that night.
If the one sided nature of this programme was anything to go by it alas does not augur well for the rest of the series, which is set to look at other famous examples of ufo phenomenon in the uk such as the rendlesham forest incident, the welsh triangle and warminster ufo flap.
Lust for Life (1956)
A wonderful score from Rozsa
Lust for life is a beautifully shot film and a reasonably accurate portrayal of van gogh's troubled life! Kirk Douglas as the lead gives arguably his best screen performance - only his performance as the rebel slave Spartacus comes close i feel. But for me one of the things that stands out most about this film - which no one else appears to have commented on yet - is the exquisite score by the legendary film score composer miklos rozsa! This is one of rozsa'a richest and lushest scores - beautiful but at the same time haunting. If like me you're a fan of rozsa and his mesmerising work you'll enjoy this movie just for the score alone.
Rozsa is up there with morricone, barry and nyman for film score compositions, but sadly does not seem to have received the acclaim those 3 great film composers have.