The Beacon May 2011 - Beacon Parish of Ditchling, Streat ...
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<strong>Ditchling</strong> Film Society<br />
Please note we are not showing a film during <strong>May</strong> because <strong>of</strong> the Local Election<br />
taking place in the Village Hall.<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore, our next film will be on Thursday, 2 June <strong>2011</strong> when we are showing<br />
Bright Star, a beautifully crafted account <strong>of</strong> the poet John Keats’s romance with<br />
Fanny Brawne. <strong>The</strong> film’s title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats - “Bright Star<br />
would I were steadfast as thou art ….” which he wrote whilst he was with Fanny.<br />
Set in London in 1818, the pair are initially at odds with one another but slowly<br />
an intense and obsessive love affair develops between the 23 year old Romantic<br />
poet Keats, (Ben Wishaw) and Fanny Brawne, (Abbie Cornish) a stylish<br />
dressmaker. <strong>The</strong> secret affair is only revealed in 1865, ten years after Fanny’s<br />
death. <strong>The</strong> film is defiantly unfashionable in its romantic treatment <strong>of</strong> their love<br />
murdered by the false choice between love and art, and sacrificed to a petty<br />
tangle <strong>of</strong> money worries, social scruples and irrelevant male loyalties.<br />
Ravishingly filmed by Jane Campion, (<strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Piano fame), the film with its<br />
exquisite scenery, beautiful musical score and superb costumes is a feast for the<br />
eyes. Quoting from the Guardian “very few films allow you to listen to the<br />
sounds <strong>of</strong> silence between the lines <strong>of</strong> dialogue: the sounds <strong>of</strong> birdsong, or the<br />
rustle <strong>of</strong> clothing, or footfalls in a country lane,” but this film does just that.<br />
Director: Jane Campion. France/UK/USA 2009. 119 min.<br />
<strong>The</strong> film will be shown in <strong>Ditchling</strong> Village Hall. <strong>The</strong> film starts at 8.00 pm. Doors<br />
open at 7.30 pm. Free c<strong>of</strong>fee and biscuits beforehand and ample free parking<br />
behind the hall. Guests and temporary members are welcome for a small charge<br />
payable at the door.<br />
Rowena Cager and Melanie Samuel<br />
AGM <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Ditchling</strong>.com Society<br />
You are cordially invited to the Annual General Meeting <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Ditchling</strong>.com<br />
Society to be held on Wednesday <strong>May</strong> 11 th in <strong>Ditchling</strong> Village Hall’s Lower Hall<br />
at 8 pm.<br />
Non-members who would like to know more about how the website functions or<br />
the benefits that membership <strong>of</strong> the website society brings its members are very<br />
welcome, with no pressure to join anything! Do come along and join the<br />
discussion, with a glass <strong>of</strong> wine or juice to help things along.<br />
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