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My Favourite Film

I've recently penned (or keyed?) a guest post for my good chum Carlos's blog, The Cycling Monkey, on my favourite film, which can be seen as a bit of a review. I won't tell you what it is here, because that'd be like opening all your presents on Christmas Eve (I'm looking at you, Sweden), but I'll include some tantalising clues before I sign off. Those of you who've seen the film will probably get it from these tips, and those who haven't won't have a clue what I'm talking about (free to those who can afford it; very expensive to those who can't).

  • Richard E. Grant, in real life, is a teetotaller, and got drunk for the first time in his life to get proper insight into his character. Apparently he "filled a tumbler with vodka, and topped it off with a bit of Pepsi." That's damned fine acting from him, then.
  • The book that the film is based on (which was never published) ends with the principal character pulling the trigger of a shotgun whilst drinking wine from the barrel. The film doesn't finish like this.
  • The second main character's name is never mentioned in the film, but is widely believed to be Peter Marwood.
  • There's a scene in the film where the principal character drinks lighter-fluid. In rehearsals this was, naturally, water, but when filming the water was replaced with vinegar (without telling Grant).
Carlos is looking for other people to write guest posts about their favourite film, so head on over and get in touch with him if that's something you feel like doing!

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3 comments:

  1. SandalsSaturday, 5 November 2011 at 17:47:00 GMT

    I demand to have some booze!

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  2. LizSunday, 6 November 2011 at 20:57:00 GMT

    I was so disappointed when I finally saw that film; it just didn't live up to its reputation. But then, I'm really not hip.

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  3. TeaKayBThursday, 10 November 2011 at 21:40:00 GMT

    Sandals: We want the finest wines available to humanity. We want them here, and we want them now!

    Liz: I can't seriously be accused of being anything approaching hip. I think it's just a film that you either get, and get completely and implicitly, or you just don't get it at all. It's nothing to do with intelligence, breeding, sensibility or background; it's just down to the way you're wired, I think.

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