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Yep. Dead.

It’s Friday night at the movies. I am waiting in the BFI foyer to see On Dangerous Ground. Two old blokes are sitting next to me in silence. Finally one of them speaks and the following conversation ensues:

‘Good film this.’
‘Yep, pity everyone in it’s dead.’
‘Robert Ryan?’
‘Dead.’
‘Ida Lupino.’
‘Yep. Dead.’

[long pause]

‘Did you go to that Diana Dors screening the other month?’
‘She’s dead too.’
‘And Sid James…’
‘Yep. Dead.’
‘Guess we’ll be joining them soon.’
‘Yep.’

[even longer pause]

‘Fancy a pint after the film then?’

Oh, how I wish I could have joined these cheery chaps for a swift half and further chat…

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11 Responses to “Yep. Dead.”

  1. Carl Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 1:16 am

    Happy days are here again………..

  2. ishouldbeworking Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 10:58 am

    That could have been Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse doing ‘The OId Gits’, couldn’t it?

  3. Cocktails Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 11:14 am

    Looks like another cultural reference point has passed me by…

  4. the ill man Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 9:19 pm

    cf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caeXUgw7bwY

  5. Piley Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 9:35 pm

    Was it Dan?? He goes the the cinema a lot (and is eternally disapointed)!

  6. Cocktails Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    Yes, like that but even more miserable! Thanks Ill Man.

    Ha! Piley I think you might be getting into trouble for that one.

  7. jonathan Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 11:15 pm

    Never mind The Fast Show, those two blokes sound like they should be the subject of a short film feature of their very own to be showcased before the Main Event at arthouse cinemas the length and breadth of the country. I see it shot in moody black and white, or perhaps glorious technicolour, I’m not sure.

  8. Ally Says:
    April 14th, 2010 at 11:52 am

    how was the film after that – it’d have to darned good to compete with such treasures
    x

  9. Ally Says:
    April 14th, 2010 at 11:53 am

    I admit at first I had the horrible vision of a Steven segal season at the bfi
    x

  10. John Medd Says:
    April 14th, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    We’re all waiting in the cinema foyer: waiting to be told the doors are now open.

  11. Cocktails Says:
    April 14th, 2010 at 8:17 pm

    Jonathan, black & white definitely, in a slow, noir-ish style. It would help give a certain grimness and gravitas to their imminent demise. I imagine that real-life miserablist Terence Davies would be a shoe-in for directorial duties.

    Ally, it was very good actually. A bit predictable, but the journey there was very enjoyable and beautifully shot. Very 1952 and well, I’d watch anything by the director Nick Ray. Unlike say, Steven Segal.

    John, where were you when they needed you?!

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