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	<title>David Watkin &#187; Blue Pullman</title>
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		<title>Blue Pullman, 1960 for BTF</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Mullen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BTF in the 1960's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blue Pullman, 1960 was directed and written by Jimmie Ritchie and photographed by David Watkin and Jack West. It was edited by Hugh Raggett with music by Clifton Parker. The film was shot in colour and lasts almost 23 minutes, exploring the intensive testing of the new 90mph diesel-electric Midland Pullman, and its maiden journey from Manchester to London. Hugh Raggett writes to me (September 2009) that the film is not a good transfer from the 35mm original &#8220;a shame because the colour is far too bright and harsh, the original show copies had more fine detail and were softer.&#8221;  Far from being a utilitarian presentation of the steps needed to test this new train, the film is an elaboration of surface and designed style, set at the beginning as a sort of murder mystery complete with headless body on the floor. Clifton Parker’s music is a set of variations on Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, an ominous backing to technical equipment swaying in the motion of the carriage, with wires, string, cables, and an abandoned set of headphones on a seat. Both lavatories are in use, one as a Dark Room, the other to house testing equipment. Throughout the film, [...]]]></description>
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