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I must watch it properly; now retired I tend to fall asleep watching programmes such as this and this is exactly what happened. Bit concerned that I wrote ‘Can’t quite get used to him being so thin these days, though’ in 2009 because I was thinking exactly the same t’other night so can only assume he’s got even thinner. Oh, and I still miss Gerald….
Moehat wrote:
so can only assume he’s got even thinner.
He had heart surgery a couple of years ago, so expect he has either been advised to lose weight or has lost it as a consequence
Doesn’t look particularly well, but never has
Keep on truckin’ Jon (how he’d hate that well-wish
)The interview was interesting. Pleased that he described his programmes as ‘collages’ because that makes sense of me not making sense of them [if that makes sense] but still finding them thoroughly enjoyable. Also enjoying the Art of America series with my favourite art critic [the one with the unpronounceable name].
I think his name is pronounced ‘valdemar yanoochak’ or thereabouts. He’s careful to remain on the periphery of the art establishment so is therefore a good ‘un. Haven’t watched his series on American art yet but will sometime over the next month: such is the freedom from clock-watching that iplayer and Virginmedia Cable Catch-up permits
Also get Youtube on the goggler now, and after the interview Matron linked, watched again Meades’s ‘Joy of Essex’. Intriguing and engrossing: the faux local radio presenter is the hideous love child of Partridge and Chapman, very funny
Meades’s ‘Joy of Essex’ – “Intriguing and engrossing”
It certainly was Drone and well worth another viewing.
@ Drone
Looking For England:Don McCullin – BBC4 tonight
Looking forward to this programme.
Yes; I caught it by accident. Need to rewatch it on catchup though, as I tend to nod off during these late night/early morning programmes. Along with the Danny Dyer two part series [which I’m loving; an adult version of Horrible Histories] and the Anthony Gormley programme about early art. I’d lose the will to live if they scrapped BBC4….
Mccullim is a giant in his field. Im going to be making a few visits to the tate but am pretty familiar with his extraordinary work
Far better to seek out the terrific documentary on him simply called McCullin.
The BBC thing is ok but a bit dull in parts and touching in others but it was put together a little lazily I felt
Moe, looks like it’s on youtube, link below
It was a pleasant hour in the gent’s good company but really just a light wistful swansong from one coming to terms with the grim reaper after a long life well lived
The ‘McCullin’ documentary is indeed excellent. Thanks for the you-tube link airyknees, I’ll watch it again
B&W photography is a wonderful medium but difficult to master
Just watched the documentary Clivexx suggested on youtube and it’s as good a watch as anything I’ve seen in a long time.
He was back last week with Franco Building
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0007z31/franco-building-with-jonathan-meades
Ostensibly about the architecture that Franco inspired and its legacy, it also features magnificent and of course erudite denigration of Catholicism
The Franco-inspired rise of mass-tourism to the ‘Costas’ during the ’60s is interesting. Would the democratic European countries today countenance or at least turn a blind eye to many of their citizens jetting off in increasing numbers to a neighbouring country ruled by the iron fist of a Fascist dictator in desperate need of foreign currency to prop up his vile regime; and would said citizens think twice about it today?
My generally left-of-centre parents obviously didn’t on the two holidays we had there in ’64 and ’68 and I of course was too young to either know or care
Meades does touch on the fact that democratic Europe largely ignored or tolerated Franco, perhaps in part because he didn’t side with the Axis powers during WW2 and kept Spain neutral, despite his ideology being akin to that of Hitler and Mussolini
His closing remarks are apposite and a little chilling: a warning from history indeed
It’s so very nice to have the little grey cells stimulated and challenged for a change by one of the very few left who doesn’t patronize his audience by – horrid phrase – ‘dumbing down’
Much as I love these Meades programmes I’ve watched the Franco one twice now and fallen asleep both times so I have to have another go. On the subject of dumbing down, I did enjoy a programme the other night about WWII and the use of amphetamines. Slated by the Times tv critic because he disliked the presenter and the fact it had been made for an American audience, but I did find it fascinating. Also on the subject of war, I finally got to see the Don McCullin documentary that clivexx recommended and it was excellent.
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