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Happy Feast Day Saint Matthias

Died: 80 Feast Day: May 14 Patronage: alcoholism, carpenters, smallpox, tailors, Gary, Indiana St. Matthias had been one of the disciples during the whole of our Lord's public life and, like the others was a witness of His resurrection. It was he who took the place of Judas among the Twelve, following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and suicide. The Church venerates St. Matthias on an equal footing with the other Apostles, whose voices resound throughout the world, from generation to generation, giving testimony to what they saw and heard in their life with our Lord.

Oct 6th Short: Fridge

Dir: Peter Mullan

1995

Cinema 16: European 

Beautiful opening shot. Precursor. Repeated later and placed. 

Begin inside the fridge looking up. 

Commentary: 

Own experience 

Compassion for all characters Makes versions of him First film - close. Good guy dies bad. Here bad alcoholics do good Companion piece Beautiful take 

No goodies or baddies Alcoholism Empathy but cannot join people 

Arena Threaten in the round Estate Rear window 

Partly based on truth 

Shot in his home estate Chapping Windows No response 

See from an external point of view as a drunk. Never dawns on his that he is on an important mission 

Tube Comical umbilical cord Means of breath 

Improvised in rehearsal Filmed had to be claustrophobic Stay I. Arena Echo the boy

But know that Gary's improv would have been amazing. He would have gone up to real people and we would have shot it and got an insight into character 

Peter didn't want to move or outside circle would lose tension 

Didn't tell Laurie (burnt man) what to do. We just asked him to go to the darkest place he possible found and we got the Steadicam and followed him around 

Wee yokes in desperate situation where saving of a life is almost secondary to what's going on between them 

Attain a common purpose Damaged but admirable Even though they exist in a land beyond despair Beckettian - when you reach that point then your humanity emerges 

For Vicky Kid has to be dead Refusing to believe they can again something But too painful She'd rather believe there's no hope That's soooooo deep and beautiful

Can't take credit like they can't take hope. This is their reality.

Canada: Oh yeah, I bet we can even name some people in this room.

.......

England: Why are all of you looking at me?! 

Prussia: And me! What are you trying to say?

England: What the hell?

Prussia: Hey, do you want to go to the pub after this? Talk about this bullshit?

Apparently, the Church of England are debating the use of gluten-free breand and non alcoholic wine again.  It seems a far cry from our current experience of church.  My wife became a Christian in an Anglican Church and because of allergies was unable to consume the bread and wine. Special permission from the bishop was required before her vicar could offer an alternative.  Nowadays, there is…