Journal entries about Films

Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 6

When I became a professional musician in 1963, there was no real recording industry at the time, but all of a sudden, the recording industry started to buck up and this wave of English music cut across the world. It was absolutely amazing to eventually go to places in Japan and have kids come up [...]

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Sixties Happenings - Vintage Film Posters Sale

Calling all film buffs! Christie’s South Kensington is offering you the chance to acquire a piece of cinema history this week with its Vintage Film Posters sale, which will be held on Wednesday 11th March. The lots include posters from iconic Sixties movies such as the early James Bond films, ‘Blow Up’, ‘Dr Strangelove’, ‘Lawrence [...]

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Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 4

Watch a (rather overwrought!) American trailer for ‘Look Back In Anger’, featuring the music of Chris Barber’s band, here:

The Marquee became enormously popular. We took part in a film called ‘Look Back In Anger’ where Richard Burton as the ‘Angry Young Man’ hero plays the trumpet and sits in with my band in the club. [...]

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Popular Films in the 60s

1) Psycho…
A twisted film if ever I did see one. Norman Bates was one hell of a cross-dressing freak. Talk about issues.
Marion Crane nicks $40 grand from her employer and karma comes to bite her on the tush in a MAJOR way. She checks into the Bates Motel and the rest is history. Cue one [...]

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