
Remember
a Day
United Kingdom
A
BIGGER SPLASH
(1974, Colour) Director: Jack Hazan
".....it will live up to its title - for it
is far more than a documentary record of David Hockney at work. Paints and
canvas play their part in it all right, but not as much as the emotional ties
between people - and the emotional separations......."
David Hockney is the best-known British artist of his generation; hit
wit and versatility have made him a popular figure in and out of the art world.
A Bigger Splash, which draws its title from one of Hockney's trademark
paintings of a California swimming pool, follows his break-up with fellow
painter Peter Schlesinger and captures the essence of the artist.
REMEMBER
A DAY
(UK,
2000). Director: Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon.
Remember
a Day is a film narrating the acid excesses of a late Sixties rock star -
turned -recluse Roger Bannerman, a Daa man 'going far further than you ever
could imagine', a character not unlike Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett. Despite
having effectively retired, Bannerman is being stalked by an unhinged fan
who's determined to 're-launch' Roger no matter what it takes, no matter how
many laws are broken... Laced with black humor , drugs, psychedelic imagery,
groupie sex and featuring a stunning soundtrack - that includes works by the
Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart and The Sex Pistols. Remember a Day is an early
seventies period piece shot by the people who's story it essentially is.
