Comments on: Live Film Shows

By: Rob Bridgewater

Rob Bridgewater — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:13:47 +0000

Hi Elliott – it’s been a long time! We spent a summer travelling around the UK back in the late 1980s putting up Pagodas! Hope all is well. Glad to hear and see that film making is still part of your make-up. Looking forward to reminding myself of Road Dreams (and Rick’s music) Best wishes Rob

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:08:27 +0000

Hi Elliot, I am a disciple of your beautiful films which I watch on repeat very often, and i swear it’s a different uplifting entrancing and more enlightening journey EVERY time. And that’s before the glass of wine. I look forward to the DVD’s. Thinking about it maybe I should set up multiple screens like your college show, each with an episode on looped playback? Heaven. Elliot you have done it, won our hearts and minds.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:29:58 +0000

First saw this years ago on Ch 4 and fell over in a faint. My country, through the eyes of a ‘seeing’ man. Fantastic. Homesickness in big dollops. Couldn’t get enough of it. Spread the news, had others in tears. Thanks Elliott. Magical way of discovering you in Estonia too!! Look forward to the DVD.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:20:43 +0000

Interesting Elliott, in that Road Dreams Ch.4 and RetroRoadTrips are the second and third incarnations, and that they are increasingly remote compared to the original film show which the Americans would be seeing and that represented their own continent in their own time. I wonder if the impact on the audiences is so different?

By: Mike Greenwood

Mike Greenwood — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:48:30 +0000

I remember Road Dreams when it was first broadcast on Channel 4 – it was an unforgettable series. It was elegiac and bore comparison with Laurie Lee’s “As I walked out..” Elliot’s eye for detail makes the ordinary appear extraordinary, every shot deserving of a story on its own and accompanied by a stunning soundtrack. I look forward to the DVDs!