Edge of Darkness...

[otherGeoff]

A break from everything. <br><br>I was wondering who among us have seen the old BBC mini-series Edge of Darkness, which was written by Troy Kennedy Martin, directed by Martin Campbell, and starred Bob Peck as Craven and Joe Don Baker as Jedburgh, in what I think are the best performances either have ever given. (Music also in part by Eric Clapton...as much a part of the success of this great gem as Knopfler's music was for Local Hero.)<br><br>There are some great scences, and some brilliant dialogue. And it is as complex and woven into life in a way that I think most of the posters on Jeff's site understand, or are trying to do...I mean in realizing that all this is about US as a special subset of creatures, and these disparate strands are not some disconnected, intellectual puzzle. It is a true picture of our lives we're trying to fill out, and we're all trying to do our bit to cough up a right, true, but tiny piece that someone else has the mates for.<br><br>Not only is this a great, unusual piece of drama (still unclassifiable by the usual genres), but there's hope in it for those of us who can sniff something foul on the winds.<br><br>Anyway, a lighter thread. <br><br>I don't know if Edge of Darkness travelled as widely in the US as it did here in Canada, where I've seen it three or four times on television.<br><br>Thoughts...observations...etc.?<br><br>Cheers,<br>GH <p></p><i></i>

[banned]

...or a link to summarize what it was about? I never heard of it.<br><br>Synchronicity: Just as I opened this thread, I was listening to Knopfler's guitar riffs on "Sultan of Swing"! <p></p><i></i>

[antiaristo]

geoff,<br>That was mid-eighties, yes?<br>I'm afraid that was the last throes of the Alastair Milne BBC.<br>Thatcher sacked him for programmes like that.<br><br>A good place to look for information is Tony Gosling's site Bilderberg.org<br>Tony used to work at the BBC and watched it all destroyed.<br>He also has an excellent website.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[otherGeoff]

There are a few little links here and there. One I really like is at:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/edge/">www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/edge/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>VIDEO CLIPS<br><br>VIDEO CLIP:Titles Where's the plutonium?<br><br>VIDEO CLIP:Bunker The plot summarised<br><br>Click the video clip 'Bunker the plot summarised' ...as it is a great scene (speaking as a writer...Jeff and I used to work together at a few different satirical mags in Canada)...I even transcribed it a few years ago, thinking that the ' <br><br>C: And who is he?<br>J: He's part of the dark forces who would rule this planet.<br>C: Do you believe in all that stuff?<br>J: Yeah. Sure. Why not?....etc.<br><br><br>Americans should take great pride in Joe Don Baker's portrayal of the cia agent Jedburgh. Really amazing.<br><br>The cut-outs, intelligence games and the like would engage most here...and ring with what our insticts are telling us.<br><br>As for other links...just google. It really is a cult classic, in ALL the right meanings of such a hackneyed phrase.<br><br>Cheers,<br>GH<br> <p></p><i></i>

[otherGeoff]

Actually, a few more decents summaries and reviews.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://members.tripod.com/templetongate/edge-of-darkness.htm">members.tripod.com/temple...rkness.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/473217/">www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/473217/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=3683">www.dvdtimes.co.uk/conten...entid=3683</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>GH <p></p><i></i>

[edge of darkness]

As you can tell from my handle I've always been a fan !<br>Sylistically its a bit *80's* - as you would expect - but the quality of the writing & acting were something special.<br>Anyone interested should try the reviews on Amazon.com <p></p><i></i>