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Dog in fog
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Re: British Films in the 20th Century - off topic
Oct 13, 2016, 02:35
moss wrote:
Dog in fog wrote:
I found this one about Orkney. (I went last year - best place I've ever visited).
Here's the blurb:

"Orkney evoked through poetry, the sounds of nature, and the music of Peter Maxwell Davies.

Poetry, natural sounds and vivid landscapes intertwine in this evocative portrait of composer Peter Maxwell Davies and his adopted home, Orkney. Throughout the film, Davies' often sparse, experimental music accompanies the majestic island landscapes, giving a sense of both their ancient beauty and their danger.

Davies worked across many styles of music, and the film includes extracts from Ave Maris Stella, O Magnum Mysterium and the final scene of his opera The Martyrdom of Saint Magnus. We also hear George Mackay Brown reading his own verse, as well as quotations from the works of Edwin Muir, Robert Rendell and the ancient Orkneyinga Saga."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf6f_iMVBgk


Very evocative, though Maxwell Davies music is rather difficult but fits the sombre mood of graveyards and stones. There is a bleakness to all these islands, beautiful though they maybe.

Here are some photos of the Outer Hebrides of dereliction, a harsh reality again off topic.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/aug/17/nobodys-home-john-maher-outer-hebrides-photography-in-pictures?CMP=fb_gu


Very nice!

A friend of mine also photographed the Hebrides last year, as part of a university project:

https://janejacksonphotography.com/about/hand-made-book-images/

https://janejacksonphotography.com/about/images/

https://janejacksonphotography.com/about/land-of-bent-grass/
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