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Originally Posted by Bazza  The debate was filmed (I know as I was sat right next to the camera and the lady with the microphone) but I'm not sure they would release it.
It wasn't really a debate and Craig Lapper (BBFC) just looked at the floor most of the time. Martin Barker gave a 30 min presentation based on his findings about opinions towards House On The Edge Of the Park (during which Deodato left the stage and went for a wander, even trying to deal with his - ringing-phone) and then Barker posed 5 questions to lapper. His skirted round pretty much all of them. It then went to a Q+A with the audience asking Lapper and Deodato questions. Lapper dodged pretty much all the questions with a "blame the legislation" answer. Deodato gave very long winded answers via Giovanni Lombardo Radice and it kind of over-ran. There was no big debate as I thought that might have happened.
Worth seeing only for Barkers presentation really. |
This is indicative of Cine Excess in general. Great ideas, poorly executed. They are a well-meaning bunch, but the event is very badly advertised. I counted 40 people in the audience at the most during the panels, which is pretty poor for what should be a very popular event. The idea of having stuff at the Italian Cultural Institute was another good idea, but quite badly managed. I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure if I'll go again next year. I guess it depends on who is the guest of honour!