Well, an update on my film club. Which is going better than expected. Last time I mentioned it, I was feeling kinda downcast.

Edward Scissorhands might have been a success...only nobody turned up. So I wasn't feeling that enthusiastic about meeting two - Spirited Away. Well, excepting myself and Friend 4, three people turned up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of which had seen it before, but still - a whole three! I think they enjoyed it - we ran out of time to discuss it.

I've decided to try it once every two weeks from now on, which gives me time to agonise between meetings. This week: Strictly Ballroom. Heh. Well, I took it off the list when Friend 2 complained it was awful and when it got wiped off the video - but as my English teacher has a copy, I thought I'd give it a whirl. Plus, Batman from Filmwise mentioned it, which gives me a bit more confidence in it. I'm pretty sure they'll like it...if they turn up. *gushes about Baz Luhrmann*

I was going to try BCSK first, but by the looks of it, people are only coming to see films they're interested in - I don't (yet) have a core group turning up every week regardless - and most people avoid Westerns. I know it's not really a Western, but it looks like one...and plus, Friend 4 would probably dislike it.

Now what I really want to show is Run, Lola, Run. Mainly because it's only 70 mins, and I want to prove I can show something without overrunning (I have 120 minutes exactly, if we start the instant lessons end...which never happens). I can't make up my mind whether it's suitable for my twelve year olds, as it's a 15 and while I personally didn't think it was too objectionable...I've thought that about a few pretty extreme films in this month alone.

Any suggestions are, of course, most welcome - pretty short 12s, foreign, classic or just well made, which would appeal to girls. Hard, eh?

Update: Nobody showed up. Pretty damned typical. I'm gonna keep trying though. At least it's something to put on my cv, even though me and Friend 4 hardly constitute a club on our own.

Do not forsake me oh my darling...

Today's post is all about High Noon. Only it isn't really, I'm just drawing a comparison.

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm starting a film club at my school in an attempt to change a few lives, get a few acolytes and have the fun of arranging it.

If it gets going, I may have theme months - I'd like to do the 30s and show Some Like it Hot, Chicago, The Sting and stuff. My English teacher suggests I do Kubrick. I didn't point out that not only were several of his films too unpleasant for the 12 rating club I'm aiming at, they were mostly also waaaay too long to slip into a 90 minute slot.

It was the first meeting today - I was showing Edward Scissorhands - and I wanted a couple of mates along for moral support.

High Noon is about a sherrif who learns the gang he put behind bars has just been released, and they're coming for revenge. He goes around all his friends, hoping to find someone to help defend the town, as the clock ticks ominously towards noon. I found myself thinking about it after a few of my friends had managed to excuse themselves. Luckily for me, I managed to get two of seven allies to turn up.

Unluckily for me, my metaphorical Miller's gang had something better to do - it was just me and my two friends who turned up. Never mind, I'm going to try again on Friday...