February 2019
Film Society on Saturday !!
Our first film is Marvellous
Neil Baldwin, born just after World War II, is considered to have learning difficulties but he has an appetite for life and leaves his butchery job to join the circus as Nello the Clown. Undaunted when the circus moves on without him, he moves to Keele University, where his mother has a cleaning job, appointing himself the unofficial greeter to new students - a role rewarded by an honorary degree in 2013. He also gets to manage its unofficial football team, named after him, and in 1992 talks his way into becoming the kit man and mascot of his beloved football team Stoke City. For Neil there are no boundaries - his interest in religion leads to his becoming a lay preacher whilst he presents himself at the House of Commons for tea with MP Tony Benn and at Cambridge University, where he strikes up a friendship with Prince Andrew, which results in his being on the Queen's Christmas card list.
A heart-warming film and a true story summed up by the title.
The second film is Frantz
Set in Germany and France after the First World War, Frantz recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's "lost generation": Anna a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz's grave. Adrien's presence is met with resistance by the small community still reeling from Germany's defeat, yet Anna gradually gets closer to the handsome and melancholy young man, as she learns of his deep friendship with Frantz, conjured up in evocative flashbacks.
We are starting to put next year’s programme together so don’t forget to jot down on your voting slip any films you would recommend.
Screening starts at 5.30pm and doors will open shortly before.
To allow Steve, our projectionist, time to set up we will not open the theatre doors before 5.20pm. He really needs to set up in with the lights out and of course we don’t want anyone injured by looking for seats in the dark.
See you this Saturday.
The committee
February 2019
Film Society on Saturday !!
Our first film is Marvellous
Neil Baldwin, born just after World War II, is considered to have learning difficulties but he has an appetite for life and leaves his butchery job to join the circus as Nello the Clown. Undaunted when the circus moves on without him, he moves to Keele University, where his mother has a cleaning job, appointing himself the unofficial greeter to new students - a role rewarded by an honorary degree in 2013. He also gets to manage its unofficial football team, named after him, and in 1992 talks his way into becoming the kit man and mascot of his beloved football team Stoke City. For Neil there are no boundaries - his interest in religion leads to his becoming a lay preacher whilst he presents himself at the House of Commons for tea with MP Tony Benn and at Cambridge University, where he strikes up a friendship with Prince Andrew, which results in his being on the Queen's Christmas card list.
A heart-warming film and a true story summed up by the title.
The second film is Frantz
Set in Germany and France after the First World War, Frantz recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's "lost generation": Anna a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz's grave. Adrien's presence is met with resistance by the small community still reeling from Germany's defeat, yet Anna gradually gets closer to the handsome and melancholy young man, as she learns of his deep friendship with Frantz, conjured up in evocative flashbacks.
We are starting to put next year’s programme together so don’t forget to jot down on your voting slip any films you would recommend.
Screening starts at 5.30pm and doors will open shortly before.
To allow Steve, our projectionist, time to set up we will not open the theatre doors before 5.20pm. He really needs to set up in with the lights out and of course we don’t want anyone injured by looking for seats in the dark.
See you this Saturday.
The committee
