@El Loro posted:

Quite a number of heritage crafts in the UK have become extinct or are on a Red List of endangered crafts:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-65552787

That article doesn't mention that on the Red List are boat building (traditional wooden boats) and canal art & barge painting:
https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/redlist2023/

not heard of some of them such as Sigian dubh making  EL but can understand why some crafts such as plume making have disappeared thank you EL-interesting

Good morning everyone

A fairly cloudy day here, might get a shower later.

I hope everyone has a good day

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

not heard of some of them such as Sigian dubh making  EL but can understand why some crafts such as plume making have disappeared thank you EL-interesting

All about the Scottish sgian dubh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgian-dubh

@El Loro posted:

All about the Scottish sgian dubh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgian-dubh

That article is very interesting and informative. Thanks El

I have never worn a kilt. Feck are you mad?

Scottish culture is quite funny at times. It's probs a parody getting  married in a kilt. They need help     

Good morning Buddies

Cold, windy start to the day here

The forecast is for thick cloud and a moderate breeze. Oh joy

Have a nice day everyone

@velvet donkey posted:

I have never worn a kilt. Feck are you mad?

@velvet donkey posted:

Scottish culture is quite funny at times. It's probs a parody getting  married in a kilt. They need help     

I used to have one in green and yellow tartan ...loved it!

I am watching the Giro d’Italia

There are some beautiful monasteries, churches, theatres and castles in Italy…they give details of particular sites they fly over…

Here is one such

Theater Temple 0f Pietravairano…A rare example of a Roman theatre-temple type system dating back to the 2nd-1st century BC. The scenography is extraordinary thanks to the breathtaking panorama that embraces the entire territory.

@Moonie posted:

I am watching the Giro d’Italia

There are some beautiful monasteries, churches, theatres and castles in Italy…they give details of particular sites they fly over…

Here is one such

Theater Temple 0f Pietravairano…A rare example of a Roman theatre-temple type system dating back to the 2nd-1st century BC. The scenography is extraordinary thanks to the breathtaking panorama that embraces the entire territory.

It's amazing how these buildings are still standing after so many centuries
Stunning!

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

All about the Scottish sgian dubh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgian-dubh

wow interesting -thank you EL

night EL slim moonsiee velvet

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here at present, forecast to become sunnier.

I hope everyone has a good day

A new Australian film which cannot be a sequel to the famous classic film - trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKwyqm3aUC4

Good morning Buddies

An overcast and breezy start to the day here but we are promised sunny intervals by lunchtime

Enjoy your day everyone

@El Loro posted:

A new Australian film which cannot be a sequel to the famous classic film - trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKwyqm3aUC4

Doesn't look like a sequel to the classic El...

Looks like a lot of hard work to me, that ballet stuff
Nothing like when I was a little girl in my pink tutu

@slimfern posted:

Doesn't look like a sequel to the classic El...

Looks like a lot of hard work to me, that ballet stuff
Nothing like when I was a little girl in my pink tutu

The director of the classic original was Michael Powell, After the backlash from critics and the public from his later film "Peeping Tom" his career suffered and he landed up making some films in Australia in the 1960s, It's possible that the people who made this new film might have heard of him as a result.
The film feels very different to the classic.

@El Loro posted:

The director of the classic original was Michael Powell, After the backlash from critics and the public from his later film "Peeping Tom" his career suffered and he landed up making some films in Australia in the 1960s, It's possible that the people who made this new film might have heard of him as a result.
The film feels very different to the classic.

I've not seen 'Peeping Tom' but by all accounts it sounds a bit nasty

@slimfern posted:

I've not seen 'Peeping Tom' but by all accounts it sounds a bit nasty

Both "Peeping Tom" and "Psycho" were released in the same year. "Psycho" was a huge success, whereas "Peeping Tom" was a a commercial disaster and wrecked Powell's career. Both films were about psychopathic killers and are disturbing to watch. Both films made by famous British film directors.
I think the reasons for the different reception of the 2 films were that "Peeping Tom" was released before "Psycho", that Powell was living in this country whereas Hitchcock had moved to the States,
and how could the director of "The Red Shoes" make such a film - that's what the critics found hard to accept. Made worse by the fact that Moira Shearer was in both films.

Having seen "Peeping Tom", it's a good film but is disturbing and not at all likeable.  But then so is "Psycho".

@El Loro posted:

Both "Peeping Tom" and "Psycho" were released in the same year. "Psycho" was a huge success, whereas "Peeping Tom" was a a commercial disaster and wrecked Powell's career. Both films were about psychopathic killers and are disturbing to watch. Both films made by famous British film directors.
I think the reasons for the different reception of the 2 films were that "Peeping Tom" was released before "Psycho", that Powell was living in this country whereas Hitchcock had moved to the States,
and how could the director of "The Red Shoes" make such a film - that's what the critics found hard to accept. Made worse by the fact that Moira Shearer was in both films.

Having seen "Peeping Tom", it's a good film but is disturbing and not at all likeable.  But then so is "Psycho".

I've seen 'Psycho' a number of times...a true classic
Disturbing, yet aided by it being in B&W

@slimfern posted:

I've seen 'Psycho' a number of times...a true classic
Disturbing, yet aided by it being in B&W

Whereas "Peeping Tom" in in colour, not that you see much in the way of blood

@El Loro posted:

Whereas "Peeping Tom" in in colour, not that you see much in the way of blood

Aren't the best films left to the imagination El

None of us see the colour in 'Psycho' but we all know/sense the horror

@slimfern posted:

Aren't the best films left to the imagination El

None of us see the colour in 'Psycho' but we all know/sense the horror

Possibly the most chilling part of "Psycho" is right at the end of the film.It's quite possible that you haven't spotted it.
Final scene where Bates is looking at the viewer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYDxxHrlmUg
Needs to be viewed at a setting playback speed 0.25 to have any chance of spotting it.

On imdb trivia page  for the film, the 4th item under Spoilers describes that bit.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_3

@El Loro posted:

Possibly the most chilling part of "Psycho" is right at the end of the film.It's quite possible that you haven't spotted it.
Final scene where Bates is looking at the viewer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYDxxHrlmUg
Needs to be viewed at a setting playback speed 0.25 to have any chance of spotting it.

On imdb trivia page  for the film, the 4th item under Spoilers describes that bit.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_3

Yes, I got that bit ...''she wouldn't even hurt a fly''

A complete metamorphosis of his being from Son to Mother

Goodnight, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim Moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Some hazy sunshine here.

I hope everyone has a good day

Slim, little new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week. Next Sunday at 6 in the morning there's a British 1937 comedy film called "Beauty and the Barge". Ethel is taken in by a barge skipper to the fury of the widow he is courting. Film stars Gordon Harker and also in the cast are Jack Hawkins and Margaret Rutherford. The reviews I've seen are poor.

Film 4 is showing "The Quiet Man" (1952) tomorrow at 4.05 pm and again on Friday at 1.25 pm. Easily the most enjoyable of John Wayne's films and the most enjoyable of Maureen O'Hara's films and the most enjoyable of John Ford's films.

Good morning Buddies

Bright start to the day here sunny for now. Should be good for the rest of the day, depending on which weather forecast you believe

Enjoy your day everyone

@El Loro posted:

Slim, little new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week. Next Sunday at 6 in the morning there's a British 1937 comedy film called "Beauty and the Barge". Ethel is taken in by a barge skipper to the fury of the widow he is courting. Film stars Gordon Harker and also in the cast are Jack Hawkins and Margaret Rutherford. The reviews I've seen are poor.

Film 4 is showing "The Quiet Man" (1952) tomorrow at 4.05 pm and again on Friday at 1.25 pm. Easily the most enjoyable of John Wayne's films and the most enjoyable of Maureen O'Hara's films and the most enjoyable of John Ford's films.

Thank You El

As you know, I like Margaret Rutherford, so I'm inclined to watch 'Beauty and the Barge', but maybe not at 6am

As for 'The Quiet Man', your comment on it being a most enjoyable film is backed up with the ratings IMBD & RToms give it.
I also like the sound of it even though I'm not a massive fan of John Wayne...

@slimfern posted:

Thank You El

As you know, I like Margaret Rutherford, so I'm inclined to watch 'Beauty and the Barge', but maybe not at 6am

As for 'The Quiet Man', your comment on it being a most enjoyable film is backed up with the ratings IMBD & RToms give it.
I also like the sound of it even though I'm not a massive fan of John Wayne...

Thanks Slim

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Some sunny intervals here today.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

The forecast is ‘fair’ today. Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze

Enjoy your day everyone

Getting rather busy now with client work coming in

@El Loro posted:

Getting rather busy now with client work coming in

It’s better than have no client work coming in El

@El Loro posted:

Getting rather busy now with client work coming in

I’m sure you will cope El

@Moonie posted:

It’s better than have no client work coming in El

True

@Moonie posted:

I’m sure you will cope El

I'm sure I will
Thanks