ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies LAURENCE STERNE’S freewheeling 18th century novel ‘The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman’ is rightly considered to be unfilmable. It is a tale marked more by diversions and distractions than any sense of linear progression. In trying to recount the story of his life, Shandy can never quite advance […]

Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, until 21 January 2006

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies ARTHUR GOLDEN’S ‘Memoirs Of A Geisha’ became one of those rare international bestsellers that everyone was talking about. Everyone also thought it might make a terrific film. The big screen version is finally with us and is certainly a visual feast with the kind of vibrant, breathtaking imagery that deserves […]

Strathpeffer Pavilion, 15 December 2005

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies JUST BECAUSE something is a great big hit in the theatre, it doesn’t follow that it will be a surefire  success in the cinema. ‘The Producers’ was the toast of Broadway in 2001, winning a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards. The film version is a loud, lumbering dinosaur that leaves you […]

Big Top, Northern Meeting Park, Inverness, until 7 January 2006

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies SEVENTY YEARS AGO audiences had seen nothing quite like ‘King Kong’. The astounding tale of a giant ape and his tragic love may have seemed primitive, but its impact was revolutionary. Times change and audiences have become much more sophisticated. It would be impossible to imagine the story having quite […]

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies IF YOU HAVEN’T planned that Christmas family outing yet, then you must make a point of seeing ‘The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe’. This magical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel has a sense of wonder and innocence that make it an ideal children’s film. […]

Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 3 December 2005

The Portland Club, Inverness, 25 November 2005