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September 13, 2004
bolsheviks in the square
Went to see the Pet Shop Boys soundtracking Battleship Potemkin in Trafalgar Square last night. There were bolsheviks there carrying red flags and distributing leaflets (one was entitled ‘The bolsheviks have had a bad press!’) At the beginning, the MC ran through some of the protests that have taken place in Trafalgar Square, including Rock Against Racism in 1978 (see previous post), many Stop The War protests in the past year or so, and even going back to an antiwar demo in 1914.
The film was much more powerful on a big screen and the music kind of worked. One effect which was used well was adding just a few real sounds into the soundtrack: a plate smashing and gunshots.
I don’t agree with the whingers who, according to this BBC News report, couldn’t see the subtitles and I think the Guardian review it also mentions is deeply suspect, even though I haven’t read it. I never trust a reviewer who says what you’d expect them to say.
In homage, I cycled home afterwards with a red flag flying on the back of my bike.
B-)
Posted by Billy at September 13, 2004 9:49 AM
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