pferguson | May 7, 2017

Echo 1 Finding Tales within the Mortar The days turn warm and the flowers come out sharing their colours for all of us who walk by, as steadfast pollinators dance between petals. Their steady hum another song to this ear. I watch as a robin on duty, fleet of foot, tilts its head towards the […]

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Tags: David Lean, Echo, Echoes, Film, François Ozon, Frantz, Imagry, James Gray, Lawrence of Arabia, Lone Scherfig, Mortar, Storytelling, The Lost City of Z, Their Finest, Vision

pferguson | March 5, 2015

Actors and the Great War Seemingly one just has to ferret about the internet and much will be revealed simply by coming up with the right combination of search terms. Recently I was reviewing none other than Basil Rathbone’s Great War service, with the Liverpool Scottish, when I learned of three actors who served during […]

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Tags: 14th London Regiment, 1914, 1915, 1917, A Double Life, Academy Awards, Actors, Amputee, Arras, Battle of Messines, Bedford Regiment, Blinded, Comines–Ypres Canal, David Lean, David Niven, Film, Film History, Gas Attack, Golden Globe, Greta Garbo, Herbert “Bart” Brough Falcon Marshall, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Humphrey Bogart, Insignia, John Gielgud, Katherine Hepburn, Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence Olivier, London Scottish, London Scottish War Memorial, Marlene Dietrich, Phantom Pain, Prosthetic Limb, Race to the Sea, Rampant Lion, River Douve, Ronald Charles Colman, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Scottish Thistle, Silver War Badge, Sniper, Strike Sure, Theatre, Tony Awards, West Middlesex Dramatic Society, William Claude Rains, Wytschaete

pferguson | August 27, 2014

Soundtracks that Make Us… As I continue to watch and listen to this film I am never dissatisfied with its composition. I am always eager from one scene to the next. The “el ‘awrence” imagery, score and sound are captivating, bringing the viewer deeper into the fold. When I watched the film recently I took […]

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Tags: David Lean, Film, Film History, Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre, Peter O'Toole, Soundtracks