Last night I was watching the 2010 movie Brighton Rock based on the Graham Greene novel. The film is set in Brighton, England in 1964 and stars Sam Riley as a youthful gangster who tries to seduce and marry a young waitress (Andrea Riseborough), who is the only person who can tie him to a murder. However, the waitress’ boss (Helen Mirren) was a friend of the murdered man and is determined to bring the gangster to justice. It was a pretty good movie.
Later I watched the 2005 movie A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg, about a small town family man and diner owner (Viggo Mortensen) who kills two gunmen in self-defence when they try to rob his diner. Shortly afterwards he and his family are threatened by mobsters, who claim that the diner owner is in fact a violent mob killer who is hiding out. It was a good movie.
This morning my Dad came over and took me along to the Gyle shopping centre. We had a coffee and scone in the food court and I bought a DVD set of Ricky Gervais Live (it includes the shows Animals, Fame and Science). Then we went back to my parent’s house. The latest issue of Sight and Sound arrived today with a large feature about David Cronenberg, and an article arguing the case for David Lynch’s movie Mulholland Drive to be voted the best film of all time. We had salmon, with peppers and spring onions and rice for lunch. After that my Mom and I walked along to the shopping centre and I got another couple of DVDs: The movies of The Social Network and Melancholia.
Tags: A History of Violence, Brighton Rock, comedy, crime, DVDs, Melancholia, movies, Ricky Gervais, Sight and Sound, The Social Network, thrillers, weekend
