Reading and watching
Jan. 11th, 2023 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
white_hartAmy-Jane Beer's The Flow is a book about rivers, and particularly the rivers of Great Britain. It's my favourite kind of nature writing, mixing personal memoir with history, science, ecology and culture, and I enjoyed it a great deal.
Less enjoyable was Empire of Light, which we went to see last night. From the trailers, I'd expected a nostalgic tribute to the power of cinema, possibly involving the restoration of a derelict building. I was not expecting a violent racist attack, and was definite not expecting a disturbing portrayal of severe mental illness leading to sectioning. I think it was a good film (and the cinematography was stunning) but it really wasn't much fun to watch.
Less enjoyable was Empire of Light, which we went to see last night. From the trailers, I'd expected a nostalgic tribute to the power of cinema, possibly involving the restoration of a derelict building. I was not expecting a violent racist attack, and was definite not expecting a disturbing portrayal of severe mental illness leading to sectioning. I think it was a good film (and the cinematography was stunning) but it really wasn't much fun to watch.
