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[Willy Van der Linden]

"Dave Watterson" <david.filmsocs@virgin.net> wrote:

In other countries television stations sometimes broadcast amateur films
as part of the regular programming. Amateur fiction films are billed just
as if they were professional ones. In Britain amateur work is only shown
if it has some historical value or in a way which makes fun of the people
dedicated to making their own movies.

Would it help if British tv ever took our work seriously and showed some
of it without joking about it?

Dave

In our country amateur films were shown on TV about 20 years ago. I remember
that the 16mm film makers were privileged. They were also interviewed about
the film they had made. I think it was good that you knew a VIP in the amateur
film world or in the broadcasting company... It was like many things in Belgium.
But now I'm skating over thin ice. It's better to be careful. Once I read
in "The Sunday Telegraph" that Italy is the most corrupt country in Europe.
Italian friends, please do not believe this. But Belgium was second in that
list.I felt ashamed but I could not deny it. Now things are getting better...
On TV there is still a programme that shows very short video films with bloopers
or "funny" accidents. It's called "Videodinges". I don't like it. The winner
gets a TV-set with flat screen or something else.
Only a few film makers in our club watch movies on TV, Dave. I must admit
that. But many of them hire video films. They're not always the best film
makers, but they are the best critics. You also need people like them in
your club. Of course as long as they pass criticism in a decent way. Once
we had a prominent film maker who said things like "That's rubbish !" to
beginners. Fortunately he left our club a long time ago and in the mean
time he "visited" many other clubs. Now I feel ashamed again telling you
that I sometimes watch "cheap" and pleasant soaps. I already told you that
I love Mrs Bucket and Mr Bean. In the seventies I enjoyed "Coronation Street",
"On the Buses" , etc. In this world with daily terror on TV or other frightening
things you need things like that.
Oh yes, I almost forgot. I like "National Geographics". It's a free channel
on our TV. I enjoy the documentaries of those professionals very much. The
movies are often very spectacular. But I'm always surprised that the shots
are sometimes extremely long. Anyway it's interesting to watch these films
with a critical eye.

Sorry, but I still would like to say something to Albert. He prefers "inches,
yards, miles etc..." to "metres and kilometres" ... You're too conservative,
Albert. (Of course I'm not talking about the political sense of the word).
In England everything is different. It gives some "charm" to your country,
but it also makes things difficult. A warning for the British attending Unica.
In a restaurant on the continent a salt cellar has three holes which is logical.
A pepper cellar has one hole. In Britain it's just the opposite, isn't it
? In prehistoric times when I was a pupil in a secondary school I had one
hour of counting with English money (additions, multiplications, etc...)in
my time table. I remember there were 20 shillings in one pound and twelve
pence in one shilling... ! Would you also like to return to that system,
Albert ? I find driving on the left very pleasant. It would be too complicated
and too expensive to change all British cars and buses, Albert, but it's
good that "gallons" and "yards" and even "miles" are more and more replaced
by "litres", "metres" and "kilometres".

[AnimatioN]

"Willy Van der Linden" <vanderlindenhig@telenet.be> wrote:

Sorry, but I still would like to say something to Albert.

You don't have to apologise in order to speak to me, Willy!
(I hope that you know what means? )

Just say, "I wish to speak to Sir."

He prefers "inches,

yards, miles etc..." to "metres and kilometres" ... You're too conservative,
Albert. (Of course I'm not talking about the political sense of the word).

In this too fast changing world one can never be toooo conservative.
The faster the change for the worst, the more conservativation.....
....that's a great word

In England everything is different. It gives some "charm" to your country,

It IS our country. Charm. Character. Englishness. Tradition.

but it also makes things difficult. A warning for the British attending
Unica.
In a restaurant on the continent a salt cellar has three holes which is
logical.
A pepper cellar has one hole. In Britain it's just the opposite, isn't it
? In prehistoric times when I was a pupil in a secondary school I had one
hour of counting with English money (additions, multiplications, etc...)in
my time table. I remember there were 20 shillings in one pound and twelve
pence in one shilling... ! Would you also like to return to that system,
Albert ?

Not 'arf!

You forgot to mention, Willy, that there were 4 farthings in a penny.
We had the beautiful Wren on our old farthing.
We had the guinea, the tenner, the thupenny bit (a tiny silver coin),
half a crown ( 2/6d ), two bob etc etc.

And would I like to go back to them? YES....and leave Europe too!
(nothing personal)
I voted to go into a *Common MARKET* just to trade, not to have all
these damn stupid rules which are now foisted on us all. How we
must make our Ice cream and sausages etc etc. What utter nonesense.
Ah, Willy, I feel much better after getting that off my shoulders!

I find driving on the left very pleasant. It would be too complicated
and too expensive to change all British cars and buses, Albert, but it's
good that "gallons" and "yards" and even "miles" are more and more replaced
by "litres", "metres" and "kilometres".

Why? WHY?
http://www.bwmaonline.com/
Will tell you why NOT, among many, many such sites.
Albert.......inching along, yard by yard, telling Willy!

[AnimatioN]

"Michael Slowe" <michael.slowe@btinternet.com> wrote:

At last a sensible thread on this forum!

Is a sensible thread a darn in yer trousers to
stop the draft? hee hee

Firstly Albert you are too
liberal in your condemnation of all TV.

Well M, you know me well enough by now to know I go
a little over the top at times in order to get things 'agoing!!'
Only a little, mind.

Well OK,I give in. Not all TV. Just 99% of it.

Of course there is a lot of rubbish

aimed at the lowest
common denominator and you have to be so much more selective than in say
the 1960's with only three channels. Good stuff is there if you look, particularly
in the documentary fiield (my own preference as Dave points out). Keep
an
eye on BBC 4 and Channel Four as well as the Sky Discovery, History etc.

Many of these on 4 and especially 5 are made on the cheap,
and it shows.
Don Cruickshank is passable, but he is on 2(?).

Albert..getting back to "Thunderball!"