Yeah, I like Maskell. Utopia is great - you should watch it, Jack - and he's really quite funny in it (although I've only watched the first few eps so far). I think he's a good actor and he was superb in Kill List. I've met him before too.
Anyway, I can't seem to get A Field in England out of my head. It's deliberately obtuse and one that definately requires the viewer to meet it part way. I read criticisms on the fact that its budget clearly shows (it does) and it looks like a bunch of actors in costumes (again, it does), but I didn't find that a problem, as it's not unlike Theatre in that it requires the audience to accept its limitations. I found its themes quite existential and it was all quite otherworldly, and I like that. It stuck with me anyhow.
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