Yesterday I was at a BFI event hosted by Mark Kermode in memory of the film director Terence Davies.
These things can end up being lots of speechifying, but last night’s commemoration was fabulous.
Mark was a brilliant host - passionate about Terence’s work but also genuinely interested in what others had to say.
And the guests were great. They ranged from actors and crew who’d worked on the films to the guys from Hurricane Films who got Terence back making movies again, his personal trainer-turned-manager and a neighbour who became a close friend during lockdown and ended up the co-executor of his estate.
Everybody was so interesting and I learnt a lot more about the man and his working methods.
And we also got to watch clips from some of the films and saw a short with Terence’s poetry being read by Simon Russell Beale.
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