It Shouldn’t Happen Here / Battleship Potemkin…
Last Friday night, Darren treated Stuart and I to a trip to the British Film Institute to watch a couple of Pet Shop Boys-related films. The first was the Pet Shop Boys’s film It Shouldn’t Happen Here, this was followed by a Q&A with Neil Tennant, and then Battleship Potemkin (a new restored version with the fabulous Pet Shop Boys soundtrack).
It was a great night.
ICHH was as bonkers as ever 😀 Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe both play themselves. Joss Ackland plays multiple roles, including priest/hitchhiker & murderer. Barbara Windsor portrays Neil’s mother, a landlady, & a French maid. Neil Dickson is seen as a car salesman, a pilot, & a chauffeur. Gareth Hunt in is varied roles including Uncle Dredge, a postcard seller, & a ventriloquist.
Neil was very engaging in the Q&A, confirming how the film baffled them at the time and also confirming that they are working on a new version of their Alan Turing piece “A Man from the Future”. Yay.
Battleship Potemkin still packs an emotional punch, 100 years after it was first made.
#PetShopBoys #NeilTennant #ChrisLowe #ItCouldntHappenHere #BattleshipPotemkin #BFI @petshopboys @britishfilminstitute
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