John
talks to The Independent about films, books. television, music, opera, and the visual arts. Excerpt:
"I've been watching a lot of short films lately - because I'm a judge on the panel of Virgin Media Shorts, alongside the likes of directors Paul Greengrass and Mat Whitecross. The last feature film I saw was 'Captain America'. It was an unlikely film for me to see really, which I rather enjoyed. It was good fun!"
Read the full article
at this link.
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Sailcloth will be
screened at the Cornwall Film Festival on November 5th, Saturday, at 4.20 pm with a Q&A with production designer Alan Munden. Ticket information can be found
here.
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io9 has a more detailed excerpt from Alien Vault about the chestburster scene (warning for graphic descriptions of the use of blood and other animal parts). Read the excerpt
at this link.