A Hauf Stop : Bill Forsyth

Showing posts with label Bill Forsyth. Show all posts

Comfort and Joy ( 1984 )

Comfort and Joy (1984 film)

A recent twitter thread reminded me i had started doing these back in Dec 2014 and never posted them.

I used Reel Streets to help with some of the locations

( Click images for bigger versions)

M77 Kinning Park

Junction of M77/M8 Kinning Park

Campbell St

Claddens Court

Behind Nandos on Clydeside

Top of Gardner Street

Knowetap Street

Junction Sauchiehall St and Argyle Street

Continuing my trawl through the new dvd release of "That Sinking Feeling" . One the other short films is another student film that has some views of Glasgow. Mainly demolition with the route of the M8 through Bath Street figuring significantly.

( Click image for bigger version )
The rounded top in the centre is the top of Savings Bank on New City Road ( RCAHMS Link ) . To the right is Stow College
Clock tower to the far left is the Normal School at Dundas Vale ( RCAHMS link )

The towers to the right are a mixture of
Park Church Tower ( RCAHMS Link ) and Free Church College ( RCAHMS Link )

I think the actual position is up by the canal/Port Dundas/High Craighall Road

That Sinking Feeling (1980) redux

Using the new dvd release of "That Sinking Feeling" i remade some of my previous images.

Kelvingrove Park at Park Gate Road

View Larger Map

View Larger Map

Current View; From Bairds Brae towards Possil Road

View Larger Map

Mirror ( 1970 )

One of the extras on the BFI rerelease of "That Sinking Feeling" is a short film described as;

Mirror (John Schorstein, 1970, 33 mins): a young writer (Forsyth) searches the streets of Glasgow for his missing girlfriend.

In this shot the main character starts walking towards the camera from the right passing the man on the edge. Camera pans up to a train passing and by the time we are looking left Forsyths character is walking towards the camera again, passing the troubled man just as he climbs the parapet to jump.A wee sprint along the bridge involved.