In GBA 109 we get better acquainted with Patrick. He talks British documentary film, the process of history, an academic appraisal of my dad, and romance verses analysis.
We get into questions of art, inner life, the different effect of the two world wars in UK society, social documents and lots more
Patrick Plugs:
2014 anniversary of WW1 - "it had a truly profound effect at the micro and macro levels of our society and this is a good moment to consider it and judge it's effects." And then he went on to discuss WW2's effect as of displacing the effects of both WW2 and guilt over the empire.
We mention:
Patrick at the BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/patrick-russell
The BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
My dad and Patrick in conversation: http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/140
The book Patrick co-edited containing a chapter on my dad: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadows-Progress-Documentary-Post-War-Britain/dp/1844573222
The DVD collections that feature interviews with my dad plus his films:
Portrait of a Miner: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_13726.html
Shadows of Progress: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_26255.html
Paul Rotha: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rotha
John Grierson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grierson
Mining Review: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/894075/
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