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"Cello"

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Anthony Minghella's first feature film as a director was called "Cello" whilst in production. Anyone who has seen "Truly, Madly, Deeply" will understand why. I don't know which is the better title. It is not a great film, but it is a good one, and one that I have fond memories of, as I was living in Bristol when it was filmed. (Only the most obviously metropolitan sequences were filmed in London.)

It is also ten times better than Ghost. Here's the evidence:

  • Alan Rickman vs Patrick Swayze: victory to Rickman
  • Juliet Stevenson vs Demi Moore: Ms Stevenson wins by a length
  • Cello vs pottery: the instrument beats the pot
  • "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" vs "Unchained Melody": a tricky one, but the Walker Brothers (even imitated by Rickman and Stevenson) must beat the Righteous Brothers, no?

RIP Anthony, from one Vectis-born to another.

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The correct term

is 'Caulkhead' is it not?

It is a shame that Ghost was released at around the same time as Truly, Madly, Deeply - and the film is doomed to be compared to it again and again. We can, however, be grateful that this probably spared it a Hollywood remake.

Terribly terribly sad loss - He went far too early and the BFI has lost a great man.

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Jason Carter | 18 March 2008 - 5:54pm

Caulkhead

I hadn't come across that term. I don't qualify -- I was only born there, and my parents were overners.

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Mark Gould | 18 March 2008 - 7:17pm

crying

Juliet Stephenson crying. I miss him, I miss him, I miss him...with her nose running.

i loved that film.

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ChaileyJem | 18 March 2008 - 6:32pm
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