AlanBates &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:AlanBates @settima@zirk.us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:50:50 +0200 Women in Love (Ken Russell, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mcrp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Women in Love (Ken Russell, 1969)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Women in Love (1969).webp)/div div class="caption" Bates and Reed in post-jostle bliss, bathing in the fireplace's glow (via). DP: Billy Williams./div div class="txt" A memorable fire or fireplace scene "Oh, my God, Gerald! Shall I die?" ### – Gudrun Brangwen Oddly, one barely remembers the fireplace. &nbsp; the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for November is, again, not date-based, but follows a sloppy schmaltzy all-American Thanksgiving-y narrative. Trying to make it work my way. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #KenRussell #DHLawrence #AlanBates #OliverReed #GlendaJackson #JennieLinden #EleanorBron #AlanWebb #ChristopherGable #MichaelGough #GeorgesDelerue #BillyWilliams #drama #romance #LGBT #movember #BookAdaptation #UK #1960s/div /section ]]>

Women in Love (Ken Russell, 1969)

Nov

18

Women in Love (1969)

Bates and Reed in post-jostle bliss, bathing in the fireplace's glow (via). DP: Billy Williams.

A memorable fire or fireplace scene*

“Oh, my God, Gerald! Shall I die?”

– Gudrun Brangwen

Oddly, one barely remembers the fireplace.

 

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for November is, again, not date-based, but follows a sloppy schmaltzy all-American Thanksgiving-y narrative. Trying to make it work my way.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #KenRussell #DHLawrence #AlanBates #OliverReed #GlendaJackson #JennieLinden #EleanorBron #AlanWebb #ChristopherGable #MichaelGough #GeorgesDelerue #BillyWilliams #drama #romance #LGBT #movember #BookAdaptation #UK #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mcrp Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0100 The Shout (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1978) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-shout-1978 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Shout (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1978)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" mutton/div div class="img" The Shout (1978)/div div class="caption" Charles Crossley (Alan Bates) in Anthony Fielding's (John Hurt) kitchen. Despite being the outsider here, Crossley's presence takes central stage. DP: Mike Molloy./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #mutton #JerzySkolimowski #RobertGraves #AlanBates #SusannahYork #JohnHurt #TimCurry #TonyBanks #RupertHine #MikeRutherford #MikeMolloy #horror #drama #BookAdaptation #Devon #UK #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Shout (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1978)

May

1

mutton

The Shout (1978)

Charles Crossley (Alan Bates) in Anthony Fielding's (John Hurt) kitchen. Despite being the outsider here, Crossley's presence takes central stage. DP: Mike Molloy.

#FilmDinner #mutton #JerzySkolimowski #RobertGraves #AlanBates #SusannahYork #JohnHurt #TimCurry #TonyBanks #RupertHine #MikeRutherford #MikeMolloy #horror #drama #BookAdaptation #Devon #UK #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-shout-1978 Wed, 01 May 2024 13:23:28 +0200 Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/whistle-down-the-wind-1961-s9ft <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="occasion" white bread/div div class="img" Whistle Down the Wind (1961)/div div class="caption" A child grabs a thick slice of white bread while the cutlery on her plate indicates she's finished eating. DP: Arthur Ibbetson./div div class="txt" "It isn't Jesus. It's just a fella." ### – Charlie Bostock\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #bread #BryanForbes #MaryHayleyBell #HayleyMills #BernardLee #AlanBates #NormanBird #MalcolmArnold #ArthurIbbetson #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #ComingOfAge #religion #thriller #UK #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961)

Jul

9

white bread

Whistle Down the Wind (1961)

A child grabs a thick slice of white bread while the cutlery on her plate indicates she's finished eating. DP: Arthur Ibbetson.

“It isn't Jesus. It's just a fella.”

– Charlie Bostock

#FilmDinner #bread #BryanForbes #MaryHayleyBell #HayleyMills #BernardLee #AlanBates #NormanBird #MalcolmArnold #ArthurIbbetson #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #ComingOfAge #religion #thriller #UK #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/whistle-down-the-wind-1961-s9ft Sun, 09 Jul 2023 17:18:56 +0200 Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/whistle-down-the-wind-1961 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="occasion" Barn Day/div div class="img" Whistle Down the Wind (1961)/div div class="caption" The man (Alan Bates) in the barn surrounded by little children. The older girl in the light coat, Kathy, is played by Hayley Mills, author Mary Hayley Bell's daughter. DP: Arthur Ibbetson./div div class="txt" In the barn of a remote Lancashire farmhouse, three children stumble upon a stranger. Confused, they conclude that the fellow must be the Second Coming of Christ. In the world of the adults, a man is wanted by the police.\ "Good night, Gentle Jesus. Sleep well." ### – Charlie Bostock\ /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #BarnDay #BryanForbes #MaryHayleyBell #HayleyMills #BernardLee #AlanBates #NormanBird #MalcolmArnold #ArthurIbbetson #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #ComingOfAge #religion #thriller #UK #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961)

Jul

9

Barn Day

Whistle Down the Wind (1961)

The man (Alan Bates) in the barn surrounded by little children. The older girl in the light coat, Kathy, is played by Hayley Mills, author Mary Hayley Bell's daughter. DP: Arthur Ibbetson.

In the barn of a remote Lancashire farmhouse, three children stumble upon a stranger. Confused, they conclude that the fellow must be the Second Coming of Christ. In the world of the adults, a man is wanted by the police.

“Good night, Gentle Jesus. Sleep well.”

– Charlie Bostock

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #BarnDay #BryanForbes #MaryHayleyBell #HayleyMills #BernardLee #AlanBates #NormanBird #MalcolmArnold #ArthurIbbetson #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #ComingOfAge #religion #thriller #UK #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

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