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Beer last night with Sarah, Brenda, Greg, DA and Kearn. Also sighted: Paul S, Anne, Simone, Kristian and Katy. Everyone was on top form, so there was some side-splitting laughing going on.

Tomorrow I’m taking the day off and going to West Dean (which is just up the road from Chichester) for the Chilli Fiesta – 200 varieties of chillis, chilli foods, chilli beer, chilli plants – anything chilli related really. Seems a good opportunity to turn red and sweat a lot!

Busy again today. Updates later if I can.

The fluorescent tube in my kitchen is dysfunctional. It flickers on and off making “bzzzzzt” noises. I think it is trying for a bit part in a 60s B movie starring Warren Oates.

beer tonight with Arron, Sarah, Joel, Dan, Simone, Leah, Kristian, Steve C, Dec, Graham VS and Sal. Amusing, but not much to report.

sorry for lack of updates – haven’t been near a PC all day. And now I’m going to the pub.
More tomorrow (or later if I feel like it).

This afternoon, one of the ugliest women I have ever had the displeasure of seeing said that I was a “very handsome man”. On the one hand, this is naturally flattering. On the other, it is quite horrifying. I don’t mean to be unkind when I say that she was ugly, merely truthful. Even my mother (who was standing nearby) was quite mortified. To be honest, I couldn’t get out of that room fast enough.

Cricket fans: this will prevent you from doing any useful work all day.

Soooo tired. Serves me right for sitting up half the night chatting with Graypies.

UPDATE: since I typed this, the Festival website has been updated with a full programme and details of all the films. If they’d done it yesterday, it would have saved me the effort. guh.

By popular request: a list of films to be shown as part of the Chichester Film Festival:

• Ali Zaoua
• All About My Mother (Todo sobre Mi Madre)
• Amelie from Montmartre (Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain) (English premiere)
• Around the World in 70 Minutes (eight animated shorts for children, including three UK premieres)
• As You Like It (new print from the National Film and Television Archives)
• Atlantis: The Last Empire (preview prior to general release)
• Audition
• Bad Beasts and Creepy Creatures (ten animated shorts for children, including three Tex Avery classics)
• Baise-Moi (preview before general release – and yes, the title is French for Fuck Me)
• Barry Lyndon (as part of Kubrik retrospective)
• Battle Royale (English premiere)
• The Believer (English premiere)
• Bona Cornucopia – the best of Kenneth Williams (part of London Lesbian and Gay Festival on Tour (LLGF))
• Britflicks (eight British animated shorts for children)
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups)
• By Means of Music – talk by Tony Palmer on the use of music by Stanley Kubrik
• Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – with John Madden (director)
• Cats and Dogs
• The Center of the World
• Central Station (Central do Brasil)
• The Children’s Midsummer Night’s Dream – introduced by Oliver Stockman (producer)
• Chorus of Disapproval (part of Michael Winner day, including an appearance by the man himself)
• The Circle (Dayereh) (English premiere)
• A Clockwork Orange (part of Kubrik retrospective)
• Crocodile Dundee in L.A.
• Terence Davies Trilogy (part of Terence Davies day, featuring a live interview)
• Death Wish (part of Michael Winner day)
• Distant Voices, Still Lives (part of Terence Davies day)
• Dr Strangelove (part of Kubrik retrospective)
• Escape to Life (preview before general release. Part of LLGF)
• Eureka (English premiere)
• Eyes Wide Shut (part of Kubrik retrospective)
• Farewell My Concubine (Ba Wang Bie Ji)
• Fat Girl (A Ma Soeur!) (English premiere)
• Ghost World (English premiere)
• The Girl (preview before general release. Part of LLGF)
• The House of Mirth – introduced by Terence Davies.
• I’ll Never Forget What’s ‘Is Name (part of Michael Winner day)
• Il Postino
• The Isle (Seom)
• The Jokers (part of Michael Winner day)
• Kolya
• La Bete (The Beast) (complete with scenes of “excessive ejaculations!”)
• La Ville est Tranquille (The Town Is Quiet) (English premiere)
• Life is Beautiful (La Vita Bella)
• Little Otik (Otesanek)
• The Long Day Closes (part of Terence Davies day)
• Lucky Break (English premiere)
• Maelstrom (British premiere)
• The Magic Pudding
• Me, You, Them (Et Tu Eles)
• The Monkey’s Mask (preview before general release – part of LLGF)
• The Neon Bible (part of Terence Davies day)
• New Year’s Day
• The Nightcomers (part of Michael Winner day)
• Pandaemonium
• The Parole Officer
• Paths of Glory (part of Kubrik retrospective)
• Peaches
• Presque Rien (Almost Nothing) (preview before general release – part of LLGF)
• The Princess Diaries (preview before general release)
• Romance
• The Score (British premiere)
• The Shining (part of Kubrik retrospective)
• Shrek
• Sidewalks of New York
• Stanley Kubrik – A Life In Pictures – introduced by Jan Harlan (director)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (part of Kubrik retrospective)
• 2001: The Making of a Myth
• Urbania (preview before general release – part of LLGF)
• Watch With Mother (eight animated shorts for children – including The Wombles, Bagpuss, Captain Pugwash, The Clangers, Roobarb – likely to attract a lot of 30-somethings!)
• What’s Cooking
• …plus 25 short films shown together with a feature

There is no way in the world I am going to get to see all the films that I want to. I also need a few days to get my head around the programme and decide what I want to see. But an impressive line-up, you have to agree.
The Festival runs from 23 August to 9 September. If you want a copy of the programme, I suggest you send a large (at least A5) self-addressed envelope, with a couple of first class stamps stuck on it, to Chichester Cinema at New Park, New Park Road, Chichester PO19 1XN