Lucky Man: Memories of a Life in Communications

Review of: "Lucky Man: Memories of a Life in Communications," by William Barlow Quarton, III

Music / Industry / Politics: Alan Price's Roles in O Lucky Man!

Prior to directing his 1973 film O Lucky Man!, Lindsay Anderson had been planning to shoot an 'on-the-road' documentary about Alan Price and his band. When this fell through he decided to use them instead in the feature, which is now a neglected critique of British society in the early 1970s. Anderson’s correspondence contains abundant material relating to Price’s work in the film. The music features heavily in these letters, mostly concerned with publicity and promotion. There were, for example, disputes over Alan Price's tour in the US and delays in the album’s release as Warner Bros and Anderson saw both (correctly as it turned out) as important publicity for the film. And indeed the album enjoyed favourable reviews, even more so in the USA where the film too was better received than in Britain. Whilst in marketing O Lucky Man! the band were working in the mainstream, their second function ran counter to dominant culture. Anderson had been influenced by Brecht’s dramatic principles and practice ever since Mother Courage had played in London in 1956. O Lucky Man! was constructed broadly in harmony with those principles and their purpose of casting a new, hard-edged light on contemporary society. So the band participate as characters in the narrative. However, they also comment as if from outside it, functioning through songs written for the production as an all-knowing chorus and providing the moral context that frames the protagonists’ self-seeking behaviour. Our paper investigates the various roles that Alan Price’s band played in O Lucky Man

Rip Van Winkle Was A Lucky Man

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Intacto

Intacto (2001, E) by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Main Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Max von Sydow Company: Canal+ Espana The movie tells the story of Tomas, who is involved in a game, where the gamblers bet themselves. Tomas’ has a lucky fate as he has survived a plain accident, where all the others died. Scene: gambling male adults table games machines tobacco Transgressive 0:01:12-0:2:28 + 0:03:55-0:04:51: gambling A man is winning in roulette. The Casino sends a guy with bad luck to touch the lucky one. After that the winning streak is over. Instead the Casino guy wins at the slot-machine. This will not be considered as addiction. Nevertheless the scene points out nicely common superstitious believe about fate and luck. Clip: 22

Mouse X

Mouse X is a short science fiction film which was shot in August 2012 and is a mystery/sci-fi story about Anderson, a man who wakes in a building with no idea where he is or how he got there, before slowly discovering that in each of the rooms around him are a thousand clones of himself, all of whom woke into the same mysterious scenario. To escape he needs to outwit his 'selves' whilst overcoming the realisation that he is not the only Anderson... We're a low budget but extremely professional production full of energy and ambition. We raised our modest £5k budget from 150 individuals around the world and attracted some exceptional crew to this Lincoln based production. We have an executive producer who is currently working on a film with Richard Aoyade (Submarine, The IT Crowd) which stars Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network). We also have a Visual Effects team who worked on Burn After Reading and Sex and the City, Sound Designers who produce Hollywood trailers (Red Tails, Skyline to name just a couple) and a BAFTA award winning Cinematographer. We've been so lucky to bring this talented team of people together for this local production. We've also joined forces with some large companies to make this film happen and are currently working alongside Western Digital to promote the film whilst it goes through Post-Production. To find out more about Mouse X take a look at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/mouseshortfil