Sound and Vision
Films on Music
We celebrate music and film through anniversaries: A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Leonard Cohen: Bird On A Wire (1974); and Gustav Holst on the 150 th anniversary of his birth.
A Hard Day’s Night
Over two days in the life of The Beatles the foursome struggle to keep themselves and Paul McCartney’s mischievous grandfather under control while preparing for a live TV performance. The film considered a masterpiece was directed by Richard Lester. We are joined by Pattie Boyd, married to George Harrison during Beatlemania (and later Eric Clapton), who will share her memories of those times, which she published in a New York Times Bestseller.
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Leonard Cohen: Bird On A Wire
Tony Palmer in person
We are joined by legendary director, Tony Palmer, who will share the story behind the troubled film, which Leonard Cohen said was “too confrontational”. And, the follow up story of how the film was lost for decades, then found and restored by the director, with a theatrical release in 2017 to acclaim.
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Holst: In The Bleak Midwinter
Legendary, award-winning director, Tony Palmer, returns to Cheltenham with his fascinating film on Gustav Holst to mark the 150 th anniversary of his birth. The film covers the composer’s life which ended too early; a man who taught himself Sanskrit, studied astrology and composed one of the best-known works by an English composer, The Planets; enjoyed through the decades by the many.
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