So – 53 films in 52 weeks. I actually did it, albeit only just. The biggest obstacles were time and inclination, but hey, sometimes in life you’ve just got to cowboy up and fight the crocodile. Whilst the number of truly great films was disappointingly, but predictably, few, I did actually enjoy myself more than not. I’ll probably try and keep up the habit, as the exercise has hammered home the fact that London unquestionably has the greatest range and diversity of films available to watch at any time of any city in the country, and I should really take advantage of that whilst I’m living here. I may make a few changes to the basic rules though – namely ‘film I haven’t seen before’ rule to ‘film I haven’t seen at the cinema before’. It’s all too easy to find yourself in a position where you’re forced to pass on seeing Performance, Apocalypse Now or even Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan at the likes of the BFI or Prince Charles Cinema to take in Green Lantern at the Acton Vue.
So, my first experience of the Primavera Sound festival was, on the whole, pretty awesome. Primavera is one of Spain’s largest music festivals, and takes place annually in late May/June at the Parc del Fòrum In Barcelona (Primavera is Spanish for Spring, by the way – so in England this would have been the ‘Spring Sound Festival’. God, our language sucks sometimes). It’s got a lot going for it – alively and exotic host city, seafront location, a great line-up, the chance to watch Pulp perform “Common People” at two-thirty in the morning to a hugely-psyched crowd in 18 degrees heat with a Balearic breeze at your back… Continue reading Primavera→
