Ice Cream and Suicide: Difficult Poems for the Masses

Literature & Fiction

Breeden, D.M.C.

Poetry

UKA Press

Truths and Disguises

Oz Hardwick

The Dharma Videos of Lust: Mysteries of Indian Religions

Anoop Chandola

Winstanley: Warts and All" is the story of the making of the film "Winstanley", written by director Kevin Brownlow and now published for the first time, telling what went wrong (everything), and how the film was kept from audiences all over the world, but was declared a work of genius in France. ... ... In the words of director, Kevin Brownlow: "My first book was How It Happened Here, about the making of my first film. As a film historian, I thought I should keep a careful record of the making of Winstanley as well. It was written immediately after the events had occurred, when my memory was vivid. The manuscript sat on the shelf for 34 years, but reading it back recently I found some of the verbatim dialogue, especially the excuses from the laboratories for ruining our precious film, very amusing - which I certainly didn't at the time. UKA Press suggested putting it into print at last, since they had already reprinted How It Happened Here. They have been very generous with photographs, and combined with the DVD, just released, the book makes a fascinating example of how-not-to-do-it for any budding film-maker." ... ... "The Kevin Brownlow / Andrew Mollo duo are among the most challenging and idiosyncratic of independent filmmakers. They have made only two films, It Happened Here (1966), and Winstanley. Although both made friends and enemies in equal measure, they are at last enjoying wider recognition as outstanding and important films. ... Brownlow, a first rank film historian, and Mollo, historical consultant on such iconic masterpieces as Dr Zhivago, used amateur actors to create both films on shoestring budgets, working at weekends and driven by a fanaticism for historical accuracy and a fascination with the subject matter, which is the playing-out of big social visions (fascism, socialism) in the lives of ordinary people. ... Filmed in black-and-white, Winstanley is intensely beautiful visually, comparable to the work of Eisenstein, Dreyer, or Abel Gance. Indeed the meticulous accuracy of the sets and costumes alone would justify its inclusion in any film lover's collection. But over and above this it tells the heart-rending story of the visionary Winstanley's beautiful dream overturned by the might of the entrenched aristocracy and the common people's fear of change.

Winstanley; Warts and All

Biographies & Memoirs

Brownlow, Kevin

Arts & Literature

In the world of film collecting, the claim "find of the century" may sound an unpardonable exaggeration. But what discovery can equal it?1 Collectors had hailed the discovery of the occasional lost Keystone comedy in which Chaplin played, but nobody had the slightest idea that somewhere in England, somewhere in France, and somewhere in the United States lay three separate treasure troves of silent film which would, for the first time, reveal the working methods of the greatest single figure of the cinema. It was a treasure hunt involving innocence and guile, accident and coincidence. A treasure hunt which took us to Switzerland, France and the United States. The treasure, when it was uncovered, revealed information as precious as the film itself. From the material, we compiled a television series called Unknown Chaplin, three hour-long documentaries produced for Thames Television. Apart from the experience of making the series, we learned so much about Chaplin we could not squeeze into the commentary we decided to preserve it in the form of a book.

The Search for Charlie Chaplin

The stories and poems contained in this anthology have been chosen by the membership of UKAuthors.com writers' website, by vote, from the many offerings which have graced the site. Not only are there a great number of topics and styles to interest and please, but along with highly sophisticated pieces there are also fresh, innocent offerings, all included on merit - in all, a fine mixture to interest and delight any reader. Read about a girl who stalks a rock star for years and finally corners him; an imp that gets squashed; the downfall of a would-be internet poet; the inevitable consequences for any girl who partners a superhero; a quite amazing National Trust guide to some very unusual historic piles, and a prizewinning play with two dogs in the lead roles. The poetry ranges from exquisitely fragile expression to robustly funny or moving pieces: a treatise on how to send a telegram to request more spoons; a tribute to a first World War hero; the inherent wisdom of bees; how not to dispose of bones; a club for Edwardian vampires; how the poet used to smell, and a midnight foray with a 'nice young lady' in Amsterdam. UKAuthors.com website welcomes writers of all ages from all over the world. With helpful critique and comments, plus specialist forums, any writer can improve. There are also informal challenges where people can try to outdo each other with their serious, funny, or experimental poems and stories. All genres, all styles are welcome. 'A feast for the imagination from talented writers.' - Hereward Taft, critic

Voices from the Web Anthology 2011-2012

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