Archive for October, 2010
Not The Messiah
On October - 2 - 2010
In 1979, Monty Python’s Life of Brian turned the Biblical epic on it’s head, now it’s the turn of classical music to get the Python touch. Filmed in 2009 at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, Not The Messiah – He’s a Very Naughty Boy takes the best bits from the Life of Brian, combines it with the grandeur of live performance backed by a symphony orchestra, and delivers a once in a lifetime performance that is difficult to describe without resorting to superfluous statements such as, hilariously funny, a visual and audio-sonic masterpiece, stunning.
It will have you giggling, laughing and singing along in a very short time – the infectiousness of the whole show will overwhelm even the most ardent cynic.
Recommended (obviously) for Monty Python fans, Not The Messiah will appeal to any fans of British comedy in general and anyone who likes the idea of a live symphony performance without the usually associated stuffy classic score and fat rich white people. Read the rest of this entry »
Churchill’s German Army
On October - 2 - 2010
Using photographs, archival footage and interviews with the remaining survivors, National Geographic tell the little known story of the Germans who fought against Hitler in the British Army, Navy and Air-force. These native Germans, many of then Jews, were either forced out of their homeland or didn’t like what they saw happening and left, arriving as refugees in England. Life was hard for them, but life got much worse when Britain declared war of German and they became enemy aliens and were rounded up onto interment camps.
Slowly however, the British government realised that they had an untapped resource of men who were ready and willing to fight (and die for) there newly adopted country.
These Germans however had more to be afraid of than the regular British Soldiers – for if they were captured by their former country men they would be shot on sight as traitors. Read the rest of this entry »
