[…]e or two chaps who'd done about three tours as a pilot or a navigator or something like that, and had been grounded anyway because they'd done enough bomber operations you see, and they were due for a rest. And they wanted to come back on flying, so this was the way to do it. And some of them were i[…]
[…]ying. But it went down all right, and that was fine Rodney Giesler 24:57Tell me how you actually went around. This is your first film as a director. How did you go about making it? I mean, did Ram Gopal put on a performance for you? And then you worked out in film terms, how you were goin[…]
[…] should add he wasn't getting on very well with the director. At the rehearsal stage I think things had not gone […]
[…]ht, What's he going to say? So he said, he said, You're a very good camera man. He said, That's photographically Very good. He said, But you're a bad director.Unknown Speaker 31:51 So I said, Director, you know, they're all little wooden figures. So he said, wooden or whatever they are, […]
[…] a gruff voice] "Who's that?" I said er "Oh, er, BBC..." "Oh. Hang on a minute. Who is it?" I said […]
[…]ary at Brentford. So I went along and had an interview for that. And I thought, Oh, this is great, really, I got the job. Because it's a way into the BBC.Unknown Speaker 3:42 And I can perhaps apply for jobsUnknown Speaker 3:45 while I'm in you know, so advertised and it was […]
[…] we’ve got to ask today. So, I wonder if you could just begin by giving an overview – if I can take you back slightly – in how your early interest in film and colour photography started. Where did that spark on interest come from?CF: I started out… my first work as such was for Kodak, and there was […]
[…]he floor with tape. And I mostly was on drama and so there I remember what George Moore O’Farrell was my favourite, George was a very, very sensitive director. It's strange how some of them were very, very good indeed but they never made the transition into films, George made some pictures but they […]
[…] said "Well he's down below. Cabin number so-and-so..." So I knocked on the door and he said [puts on a gruff voice] "Who's that?" I said er "Oh, er, BBC..." "Oh. Hang on a minute. Who is it?" I said "Cyril Page." He said "Who?!" I said "Cyril Page." And he came out, and he was in a sweatshirt, cos […]
[…]ey were fairly close to France really loves it too many miles. So the dive bombers are ready for them. So you knew really wherever you whenever you went yo[…]
