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6 September 2012
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Bugsy Malone
The cast’s hard work and
professionalism impressed the
audiences, who look forward to
watching their progress through
the school.
The Lower School production of Bugsy Malone at the end of May gave us
gang warfare on the streets of Chicago as Al Capone certainly never knew it.
Film Unit’s Annual Screenings
Among the documentaries at this year’s screenings,
Rene, looked back over her life since coming to
Britain from the West Indies 60 years ago; Für Immer
Mutter und Kind saw the continuing relationship of
care between a mother and her fifty-three-year old,
learning-disabled son; Under My Skin examined some
people’s passion for tattoos; Nirvana looked at the
mental and physical freedom needed to achieve this
Buddhist ideal of ultimate spiritual freedom – and Life
of Fruit examined the secret world of the Pineapples
of Paradise and the Komodo Dragonfruit, so secret
that it may only be known to the film maker, Ben Oliver.
In Refine the audience watched a single drawn line
transform itself over 45 seconds and in 3D-Night saw
a plasticine man’s attempts to get into a nightclub.
Blood flowed when plasticine warriors came to blows
in All is Fair; Money Talks revealed that when it does it
has some interesting conversations whilst Warp Cops
was a full-blown blockbuster, sci fi fantasy adventure
… lasting five minutes. n
These films can be seen at www.abingdonfilmunit.com/2012/06