The outside scenes in Hydra give a believable and convincing impression of the island in the 60s although it presumbly looks rather different today. The island is the real star of the film. Generally, I am rather critical of films made on Hydra but the makers of this one have made a big effort to b...

Note that there are now two services that rival Hellenic Seaways: Alpha Lines running Speed Cat 1 and Magic Sea Ferries running Magic 1. These two often fill the quiet mid-afternoon slot, which is helpful. I like Speed Cat 1 because upstairs you can sit outside at the stern. I have not yet used Magi...

The answer may lie within the pages of Clean Straw for Nothing . Some have suggested that Clift's suicide on the eve of publication of this autobiographical novel by her husband was provoked by its thinly-disguised description of her many infidelities. Personally, I don't believe that would have bee...

I completed watching the series a week ago. I thought it was much better than I expected; the producers made a real effort to be accurate. One thing I would like members' comments on: in the final quarter, it was very strongly suggested that it was Leonard who was hostile to the idea of fathering a ...

Really enjoying the series .. great acting and seems to capture the spirit of the time. I do have one issue which I suspect forum members can resolve .. in the first four episodes, set in the early 1960s, Leonard is featured singing several songs that, of course, were not released until several yea...

sebmelmoth2003 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 12:34 pm interview with writer/director - 45 minutes approx into programme :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00246cr

An interesting interview, but I do wish people would stop calling the island High-dra, as if it were a multi-headed serpent.

the main reason i reactivated this column is because i read in an article (link above) that leonard's son, and not his daughter, is now the owner of his house on hydra. at first i assumed it must be a misprint, but further on down the article it says yet again that adam is the owner. I read the art...

Today is the first day the TV series is available in the UK, via itvX. Predictably I have been binge watching it. While of course there are some anachronisms (plus conflated places and events), it seems to be essentially an accurate portrayal of the couple. But there is something I want to ask forum...

The first two episodes were shown to the people of Hydra on Sunday 6 October. A large inflatable screen, rather like a two-dimesional bouncy castle, was erected at the edge of the sea in Kamini. The screening was a thank-you to the locals who took part in the filming as extras in spring 2023. Free s...

Probably, the 2020 film collapsed for lack of funding and/or the film rights expired. Many films don't make it to the finishing post. This 2020 trailer seems particularly weird: why set the conversation with the bronzed Greek on a towpath when it took place at a bank in central London? And I don't r...

Suzanne Vega opened for Leonard at Wetbridge.

I really don't think this is for us. Filming wiiI, I suspect, take a long time at an inappropriate date. We've all got better things to do.

The island is frequently used as a backdrop for music videos. Although this song is not related to Leonard, I think its depiction of the island is worth passing on to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NzB7Z ... rt_radio=1

I suspect Suzanne Verdal's image has been placed there mistakenly, for Suzanne Elrod. A lot of people get the two mixed up. I left the island on 16 October 2020 but didn't see any filming, though I do recall that Douskos was closed one day for no apparent reason. Most intrigued to see dear Bill Cunl...

Nick Broomfield's documentary Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love proved to be much better than I expected, not a saccharine paean like so many previous works, but a hard-hitting critique which revealed in passing who really suffered from the selfishness of the Beautiful Losers: the children. I arri...