Hi list, Stephane wrote on "Loneliness of a mid-distance runner" and Alan Sillitoe's original short story,can I just ad that it was also made into an absolutely stunning black and white film by Tony Richardson in 1962.The film is much in the spirit of French neo realism and earlier English kitchen sink dramas,and featured the young Tom Courtenay(he has become one of my all time favefourites since seeing the film a few years back). Courtenay turns up again in a similar film of that time,"Billy Liar",which was a source of inspiration for many Smiths/Morrissey songs and was sampled by retro fopsters Saint Etienne .It is very much like a B&S song,as it is about a hopeless day dreamer,his various terryfying fiancees,his drab day job at an under takers and his one chance of escaping to London with Julie Christie. Anyone who hasn't read Sillitoe's stories or seen the two films should do so as soon as possible,they are wonderfully melancholic and just the right thing to curl up with on a rainy Sunday... Bye everyone, Nik +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+