Vera Drake - Appreciating Vera's Kindness and Generosity
Stan:
You know what Vera's like. She finds a young fellow, lives on his own, no family. Wants him to move in with us, gives him his tea.
Frank:
She's got a heart of gold that woman.
Stan:
She's a diamond.
Frank:
You're a lucky man.
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon - The Importance of the Figure in Art
Daniel Farson:
I'm Daniel Farson. Tonight, on Hungry Eye, it gives me great pleasure to welcome Britain's greatest living painter, Francis Bacon.
Francis Bacon:
Good evening.
Daniel Farson:
Francis Bacon, your work is known internationally as some of the most challenging and powerful of the post war years, you've resisted the abstract movements which have dominated those years and have championed the importance of the figure in modern art. Why is the figure so important to you?
Francis Bacon:
Well, its difficult to describe really. One can only talk about one's instincts and avoid the rest.
Francis Bacon: [on the TV]
I do it with a chance. Brush stroke, which locks the magic in place.
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1917 - Urgent Orders Amidst Imminent Attack
Schofield:
Colonel Mackenzie! This attack is not to go ahead! You have been ordered to stop!
Colonel Mackenzie:
Who the hell are you?
Schofield:
Lance Corporal Schofield, sir, Eighth. I have orders from General Erinmore to call off this attack.
Colonel Mackenzie:
You're too late, Lance Corporal.
Schofield:
Sir, these orders are from Army Command. You have to read them.
Major Hepburn:
Should we hold back the second wave, sir?
Colonel Mackenzie:
No, Major, hesitate now and we lose; victory's only five hundred yards away.
Schofield:
Sir, please read the letter!
Colonel Mackenzie:
I have heard it all before. I'm not going to wait until dusk or for fog. I'm not calling back my men only to send them out there again tomorrow, not when we've got the bastards on the run. This is their last stand.
Schofield:
The Germans planned this, sir. They've been planning it for months. They want you to attack. Read the letter.
Colonel Mackenzie:
Major.
Major Hepburn:
Yes, sir?
Colonel Mackenzie:
Stand them down.
Major Hepburn:
Yes, sir.
Colonel Mackenzie: [to his other officers]
Call up the orderlies. Tend the wounded. Hold the line in case they counter.
Officers:
Yes, sir.
Major Hepburn: [runs outside]
Stand down! Stand down! Cease fire!
Colonel Mackenzie: [wearily; Schofield doesn't respond]
I hoped today might be a good day. Hope is a dangerous thing. That's it for now, and then next week Command will send a different message. "Attack at dawn." There is only one way this war ends: Last man standing. Have someone see to your wounds. Now fuck off, Lance Corporal.
Major Hepburn: [as Schofield passes him at the entrance]
Well done, lad.
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