tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post1527678717643336368..comments2024-03-27T20:54:34.655+00:00Comments on Bagging Area: And I'm Absolutely SaneSwiss Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-70014480281898843782013-03-24T13:39:47.593+00:002013-03-24T13:39:47.593+00:00The film got a lot of flak at the time, mostly rig...The film got a lot of flak at the time, mostly rightly I think as it's not much cop. Brave effort to do something different though I suppose.<br /><br />I remember seeing Gerald Kaufman on Pebble Mill (oh the things that are stored in my brain) saying that the film was a "lie" about how things were back then which I thought was a bit strong.londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-88514015542530764002013-03-23T03:13:28.947+00:002013-03-23T03:13:28.947+00:00When I originally saw Absolute Beginners I left th...When I originally saw Absolute Beginners I left the theater thinking that it was a nicely sequenced collection of videos, but not a real representation of the novel. <br />Having seen it again a year or so ago, I was much more take with the audacity and color that it brought to the story. London, in all it's back lot, film studio glory steals the film.Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-68553373538952309652013-03-22T15:32:38.360+00:002013-03-22T15:32:38.360+00:00pesky saxaphones. saxophonesit's saxophones is...pesky saxaphones. saxophonesit's saxophones isn't it. astounding the amount of records they've spoiled<br />xally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-3827692763908365602013-03-22T11:51:54.293+00:002013-03-22T11:51:54.293+00:00...my favourite Bowie song of all time....was the ......my favourite Bowie song of all time....was the soundtrack to my very owned doomed romance that year. I was saved though, the girl in question grew up to become a wannabe Lib Dem MP.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-35880864908999387252013-03-22T10:50:27.975+00:002013-03-22T10:50:27.975+00:00I was quite taken with Patsy Kensit at the time. Y...I was quite taken with Patsy Kensit at the time. You're right about the Vespa.Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-91531869057172217272013-03-22T10:16:09.136+00:002013-03-22T10:16:09.136+00:00Love the St Etienne but the Bowie is brilliant eve...Love the St Etienne but the Bowie is brilliant even the sax but the best thing about the film I think not that has to go to the lovely Vespa GS which has more acting ability than Patsy Kensit and Eddie O'Connell combined.<br /><br />I watched this a few months ago and although not great, it was a lot better than I remembered.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.com