>(My memory ls going with my age...but...there wa
>>s  Gregory's Girl...I loved that film!...Tight little island...
>>Local Hero...."  What happened to Bill _______(can't remember hsi
>>name).  And look what happened to Peter Wier and Fred Scheppsis?
>>Sandy
>-------+
>Sandy--
>As long as I'm in reference mode:
>
>GREGORY'S GIRL and LOCAL HERO were made by Bill Forsyth, a Scottish
>director.  What happened to him?  He just made BEING HUMAN, starring Robin
>Williams, and it's getting very bad reviews.
>--Richard
 
And as long as we're all in a reference mode, please recall that Peter Weir
(spelling) and Fred Schepisi(spelling) are both Australians, though
Schepisi's first non-Australian film, _Plenty-, was made in Britain (but
starred Meryl Streep doing a British accent!)  The point is not to be too
didactic, or worse, but certainly in this day and age, to question the
notion of "national" cinema on a very practical level.
 
DD
 
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