[…]estoration work. We've always made the one patron of the cinema a job for life. And when Sir John passed away, then John Huntley, the well known film archivist and very charismatic speaker, agreed to be our next patron. He came and addressed our annual dinners. At that time, we used to have an annua[…]
[…]I get deeply depressed.SF: Yes.And in fact when I think I didn’t get on with The British Film Archive was that according to the personal taste of the archivists, and there was a bloke John whose surname I forgotten, a big fat guy, his passions were bulldogs, trains and old cars. Now I can remember g[…]
[…]t that was quite a few years after the Polish Film Unit, yes that was when I worked for BasicMH: My memory tells me it was only about a year.RF: From Archivist, and by the sound of it, general dogsbodyLK: General Girl FridayRF: How did it all develop for you? When did you first start cutting?LK: Dur[…]
[…]hen it was in the days of Ernest Lindgren who was the curator...SF: Ernest Lindgren, yeah, he was then the king of the archive.Yeah. A very good archivist, a very good curator. But I was interviewed by Colin Ford who was then the Deputy Curator. And it was to run this department which was, even[…]
