This year's Glasgow Film festival kicks off this evening, and it's great to see this event become the event it now is. While a long way from having the international prestige of the like of Cannes, it certainly punches above its weight and really taps into the traditional enthusiasm for cinema in Glasgow with a real imaginative and engaging approach.
This year it opens with the new Francois Ozon film Potiche with Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu, so no lack of French input in the event.
One of the features of the festival is that there is a music and film festival running alongside the main cinema events, and French act Zombie Zombie are on the bill.
They are performing a live soundtrack for Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin at the Arches, having played in Glasgow at the film festival last year performing live soundtrack for John Carpenter horror movies.
I saw a similar show a few years ago, with a live band accompanying Storm over Asia, another vintage propaganda movie, and it worked very well indeed. Always found Battleship Potemkin to be rather over-long, despite its revolutionary nature, but with a live performance it should make it a more dynamic experience.
More details on the film here >
It was, if I remember right, banned in the UK for decades after its original release for fears it could inspire a revolution. Wonder if the police will be on standby and if there will be barricades in place around the city chamebers just in case.
Zombie Zombie play on February 23 at the Arches, Glasgow. More details of the Glasgow Film Festival here >
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