Forget Pancake Day, Star Wars Day, Bagpipe Day, Cinnamon Bun Day, Doris Day, Dr Who Day, Bagpuss Day, Suströmming Day, Pokemon Day, Robin Day, because..
Today, Sunday 12 November is EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE CINEMA DAY
And 700 cinemas in 40 different countries will be celebrating the glories of European film-making.
How do I know this? Because the cinema where I am a volunteer, Bio Reflexen in the Stockholm suburb of Kärrtorp, is one of the 700 cinemas. My colleagues and I find the whole thing a tad OTT. We are all enthusiastic cinephiles and it is second nature to us to want to show the best new European films.
Whatever! A celebration of European Cinema is an excellent idea. (And that of course includes England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Eire.)
So, I have a question for you:
Which are your favourite soundtracks from European films?
There are so many films where the music creates such an atmosphere.
Betty Blue. The Wicker Man. Fellini’s Roma. For a fistful of dollars. A Man and a Woman. Suspiria. Chariots of Fire. Branagh’s Belfast and its use of Van Morrison.
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