tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post8468369090302196453..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: A Film and a BookKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-53532578616395419842016-08-02T07:52:53.129+01:002016-08-02T07:52:53.129+01:00I watched the film a while ago and remember enjoyi...I watched the film a while ago and remember enjoying it. Didn’t do any research before or after so I was surprised to find out it was filmed in the States but all credit to the filmmakers. I like quirky films like this. I can see why it was compared to <i>Let The Right One In</i> but that’s just because we have this obsessive need to turn everything into a simile. I’m guilty of it too. So few things are allowed to be their own things. I wonder who Dalí was compared to in the day. Or Brautigan? If you like different might I suggest you check out the mockumentary <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8" rel="nofollow"><i>What We Do in the Shadows</i></a> or Neil Jordan’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zu2cW7AhO8" rel="nofollow"><i>Byzantium</i></a> which was filmed in the seaside resort of Hastings. Oddly I’m not a huge fan of vampire films and yet I do seem to have seen an awful lot of them over the years. What does kind of piss me off these days in the fact that the rules change from film to film. There was a time when crucifixes, garlic, wooden stakes and sunlight did the trick and no one sparkled. Now they make it up as they go along.<br /><br />As for the King, as I think I’ve said before the only book I’ve ever read by him was his rather good book <i>On Writing</i>. Like the later Bond films I’ve never especially avoided reading him but I’ve always found myself with something I’d prefer to read. I have seen a good few film and television adaptations over the years. He’s a bit hit and miss but <i>Dolores Claiborne</i> stands out.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-45458317604224269462016-08-01T08:24:24.654+01:002016-08-01T08:24:24.654+01:00I really want to see this movie too, based on one ...I really want to see this movie too, based on one scene where a vinyl record is played. I must make time to do that.Marc Patersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124869545439738846noreply@blogger.com