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Thread #152512 Message #3567233
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
15-Oct-13 - 08:18 PM
Thread Name: film: Sunshine on Leith - a recommendation
Subject: Sunshine on Leith - a recommendation
We just went this afternoon to see the film "Sunshine on Leith", which uses a set of songs by The Proclaimers - performed anew by the actors - to tell a story about a couple of young squaddies come home from today's war.
I've always loved The Proclaimers, but it's a revelation how the different way the songs are sung and presented open up new ways of reading them, and bring out the sheer beauty of tunes and words sometimes have.
It's a lovely little film. In fact it's the kind of film that can make and break friendships. I couldn't hate anyone who loved it, and I'd find it hard to love anyone who didn't. (Fortunately my wife loved it even more than I did...)