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Dog in fog wrote: moss wrote: Dog in fog wrote: I found this one about Orkney. (I went last year - best place I've ever visited). Here's the blurb: "Orkney evoked through poetry, the sounds of nature, and the music of Peter Maxwell Davies. Poetry, natural sounds and vivid landscapes intertwine in this evocative portrait of composer Peter Maxwell Davies and his adopted home, Orkney. Throughout the film, Davies' often sparse, experimental music accompanies the majestic island landscapes, giving a sense of both their ancient beauty and their danger. Davies worked across many styles of music, and the film includes extracts from Ave Maris Stella, O Magnum Mysterium and the final scene of his opera The Martyrdom of Saint Magnus. We also hear George Mackay Brown reading his own verse, as well as quotations from the works of Edwin Muir, Robert Rendell and the ancient Orkneyinga Saga." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf6f_iMVBgk Very evocative, though Maxwell Davies music is rather difficult but fits the sombre mood of graveyards and stones. There is a bleakness to all these islands, beautiful though they maybe. Here are some photos of the Outer Hebrides of dereliction, a harsh reality again off topic. https://www.theguardian.com/ar[...]tography-in-pictures?CMP=fb_gu Very nice! A friend of mine also photographed the Hebrides last year, as part of a university project: https://janejacksonphotography.com/about/hand-made-book-images/ https://janejacksonphotography.com/about/images/ https://janejacksonphotography.com/about/land-of-bent-grass/ Fantastic photography, she has also captured that slow disintegration of stone and wood in that series of photos of the window. Was looking at Fay Godwin at the weekend to see if she had photographed any stones, Callanish and Avebury, but it struck me that cameras today especially in the hands of many of the contributors here are just as good and much better. Artwork or technical wizardry take your choice... Reply | with quote |  13th October 2016ce 09:28 In reply to: Re: British Films in the 20th Century - off topic (Dog in fog) |
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