Franklyn

Film has already been premiered at the London film festival, and has garnered positive and negative reviews - depending on who's reviewing it.

The film is a split narrative set simultaneously in contemporary London and in a future metropolis ruled by religious fervor. It's the story of four lost souls, divided by two parallel worlds, on course for an explosive collision when a single bullet will decide all their fates.

Remains to be seen if it is a 'Cult' hit - has been compared with 'Dark City' and also 'V for Vendetta' - though that maybe just because of the Dark Dystopian feel the Film Trailer gives out - rather than because of Premise.

Trailer and WIKI entry

Random Quote....

"I still believe in God , But God no longer believes in me"

Taken from the 'Intro' of the Track 'Wasteland by The Mission (UK) from the album God's Own Medicine

The Dark Knight....Batman reborn?

Well I've seen 'The Dark Knight' and to be honest it is fantastic....dark, marauding, malevolent and true to the 'Spirit of The Dark Knight comic.
Christian Bale wavers a bit in the film but Batman does not- he reigns supreme over the chaos that is Gotham City.
Supporting the Chaos theory full throttle is Heath Ledger as the Joker (complete with nods to the Arkham Asylum comic character)

You could say it is a tale of two cities...
One that wants to be reborn via Batman...so the caped crusader can hang up his cape once and for all - though we all know Heroes do not retire they die.
The joker on the other hand wants chaos for chaos sake, and therefore to bring the City to it's knees - so that it may face upto what it really is rather than what it believes it is or could be.

This film really is that deep in the way it plays out it's strands of the story - yea there's denied love, hope, fights, action and big bangs. However the way it is all weaved together is like a comic book every scene tells a story of the characters portrayal through the cities eyes... and it is played out against the backdrop of Gotham beautifully.

Ultimately that is why it works, the principal and minor characters are fighting for the soul of Gotham.

Channel 4 review here
Official movie site here

Dead Can Dance 'In Power we entrust the love advocated' lyrics

Sail on silver wings

Through this storm

what fortune love may bring

back to my arms again

The love

Of a former golden age

I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.

For, now that wheels are turning,

I find my faith deserting me...

This night is filled with cries of

dispossesed children in search of Paradise.

A sign of unresolve that,

envisioned, drives the pinwheel on-and-on.

I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.

When memory bears witness to

the innocence, consumed in dying rage!

The way lies through our love;

there can be no other means to the end,

Or keys to my heart...

you will never find.

You will never find

(DCD).

The Sisters of Mercy 'Marian (Version)' Lyrics

Marian (Version)

In a sea of faces,in a sea of doubt
In this cruel place your voice above the maelstrom
In the wake of this ship of fools I'm falling further down
If you can see me, Marian, reach out and take me home.....

I hear you calling Marian
Across the water, across the wake
I hear you calling Marian
Can you hear me calling you to
Save me, save me, save me from the

Marian

Marian, there's a weight above me
And the pressure is all too strong
To breathe deep
Breathe long and hard
To take the water down and go to sleep
To sink still further
Beneath the fatal wave
Marian I think I'm drowning
This sea is killing me

I hear you calling Marian
Across the water, across the waves
I hear you calling Marian
Can you hear me calling you to
Save me, save me, save me from the
Grave...

Was ich kann und was ich konnte (What I can do and what I could do)
Weiss ich gar nicht mehr (I just don't know anymore)
Gib mir wieder etwas schoenes (Give me something beautiful again)
Zieh mich aus dem meer (Drag me from the sea)
Ich hoere dich rufen Marian (I hear you calling Marian)
Kannst du mich schreien hoeren (Can you hear me calling?)
Ich bin hier allein (I am here alone)
Ich hoere dich rufen Marian (I hear you calling Marian)
Ohne deine hilfe verliere ich mich in diesem ort(Without your help I am lost
in this place)

I hear you calling Marian
Across the water, across the waves
I hear you calling Marian
Can you hear me calling you to
Save me, save me, save me from the
Grave...
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian
Marian......