If you want the definition of achingly cool, it is this Miles Davis score for the 1958 Louis Malle film Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud. (Or Elevator to the Gallows/Lift to the Scaffold depending on your brand of English.)
The film is amazing too. Jeanne Moreau’s face! Wow.
Ryde Pier. Half a mile of emotion.
Anthony MInghella directs Dominic Minghella in A LITTLE LIKE DROWNING.
Like I said, it’s that time of year, and many thanks to Simon Edwards for reminding me of this poetic gem from way back when. (From memory, I think 1990.)
One for all Pompey fans out there – never despair!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXlBdUn2hi0
Starring Griff and Mel. Directed by Paul Weiland.
It’s that time of year when all those who loved Anthony are in touch, and I am so grateful for it.
Here’s one of Anthony directing his first film, the unreleased A LITTLE LIKE DROWNING, with ten-year-old actor me, on Ryde Pier in the late 1970s.
Anthony MInghella directs Dominic Minghella in A LITTLE LIKE DROWNING.