Viva Brighton Issue #69 November 2018

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B R I G H T O N
#69. NOV 2018
EDITORIAL
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I’m always amazed that movies ever get made.
It’s such a rigmarole. First, you’ve got to write
the thing and then find the funding to make it.
There’s casting, and planning the shoot: the hair,
the makeup, the costumes and those tricky location
logistics. Then all that post-production wizardry:
the editing, the sound track, the special effects…
Every time the credits roll I feel I ought to applaud
the herculean task.
And things were even harder in the pre-digital
movie-making business, before the days of
CGI. Whilst rooting around in The Richard
Attenborough archive this month, we found a call
sheet for the funeral scene in Gandhi that called
for a crowd of more than 300,000 extras! The
mind boggles. (Although catering were required to
provide breakfast and tea for *only* 5,500.)
With all the effort involved, it would be rude
of us not to spend hours holed up in a darkened
room watching the fruits of those labours. Lucky
then that we have some of the most comfortable
cinemas around, especially if you count the
ultraluxe Depot in Lewes and the Towner’s swanky
new auditorium (both of which host Cinecity
screenings this month).
In case you haven’t guessed yet, this issue is all
about the movies. Who made them first, who
makes them now, and how, just maybe – if a certain
Hove resident spots you on a station platform –
you might end up starring in one yourself.
So, switch your phones to silent, please, sit back
and pass the popcorn.