Living Room Tv 1 / 2006

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LIVING ROOM TV 1 / 2006

Colin Nutley dreams himself away to Oasis

Keith Foster kicks off the last season of his talkshow Living Room with two Englishmen who have settled in Sweden. They are director Colin Nutley and bass player for rock band Oasis, Andy Bell.

- Oasis are one of my favourite bands, says Colin. Their music is timeless and reminds me of home…

Colin’s new film Heartbreak Hotel has just opened, and Oasis’ world tour is about to finish. The two Brits talk about music and film, and they also take the chance to have a dig at the quiet and shoeless Swedes.

Swedish/Scottish singer Emily McEwan has also joined the show today, and she performs her song Losing the one you love.

For this season, Keith has ventured out to New Zealand and brought home a whole bunch of breathtaking reports from the small country with the great scenery, and not least the filming landscape of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The first report is in fact about the booming New Zealand film industry, and Keith asks Colin Nutley if such a boom could happen here.

Words enhance = förhöja honorary = heders- lovable scamp = charmknutte highland fling = skotsk folkdans tossing the caber = kasta stötestången bash = slå till deliver the song = sjunga sången huge = stor

1 finger-picking = fingerfärdighet jobbing = att göra jobbet bara för pengarnas skull monolithic = monolitisk ficticious = fiktiv preconception = förutfattad mening review = recension in the ring = med i leken accompaniment = ackompanjemang stock crash = börskrasch grapes = vindruvor essential = oumbärlig deepfried Mars bar = friterad Mars-choklad fuss over = pjoska med grumpy = sur, butter on that note = och med det

Questions/tasks 1. Critics rate Andy’s first band Ride as a British great. Can you list your five favourite British artists? Explain what you like about them. 2. Write a plot for a typical Colin Nutley film. 3. Do we see too much negative entertainment? Why are films about things like serial killers popular? 4. Find a song that tells a story and write and act a scene from a movie based on the lyrics. 5. What is the worst thing about life in Sweden? Discuss.

Time schedule

00:30 Keith introduces his guests, including two crabby Englishmen. And a half-Scottish woman too! 03:25 We listen to some of Andy’s music with Oasis. 03:50 Colin describes why he likes Oasis. 05:00 Andy and then Emily on writing songs for others. Colin wonders whether he could write a movie script for another director. He explains how he works, i.e. often without a written script. 08:15 Colin explains why his new film is called Heartbreak Hotel. 09:20 Andy on still being a rock musician in his 30’s. Emily looks forward to playing and being paid for it! She talks about her background. 11:30 Emily sings ”Losing the one you love”. 14:30 How much do Oasis improvise on stage? Not very much says Andy. Keith reminds us of The Ramones. 16:05 Has Colin ever released a ”director’s cut” of his movies? No. 16:45 Criticism: is Colin bitter? Andy relates a story about reviews that cured him of worrying about criticism. Emily is still scared of it though. It’s a personal thing. Don’t read them, says Colin.

Andy tells of a critic who was scared to meet him because of a bad review he’d written once. 17.10 Introduction to New Zealand report. 17.55 New Zealand report: The film industry in New Zealand, including an interview with Thomas Robins who played a small part in Lord of the Rings and now directs a horror show on TV for kids. 22:30 Colin on if the boom in the New Zealand film industry could happen here. 23:20 Time to ask the truth: what’s the worst thing about living in Sweden? Andy: taking off your shoes when you visit someone. Colin: Swedes aren’t talkative enough Emily: in Scotland her gran treats her like a child. 27:00 Keith says bye bye to his talkative guests.