Tag: Documentary

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Numbah! I’m Your Man

“Listen, I don’t need you to care
I don’t need you to understand, yeah
All I want is for you to be there
And when I’m turned on, if you want me
I’m your man”

Just devoured Chris Smith’s Wham! documentary on Netflix. I was an 80’s kid and we had Wham’s The Final (vinyl record!) at home. I’ve always loved George and Andrew’s songs – so many luminous numbers – I’m Your Man is up there with my other favourites: Club Tropicana, Everything She Wants, If You Were There and one of the best intros (ever) on Young Guns.

80’s Luminosity 🤩 Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael in Club Tropicana, 1983.
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My Octopus Teacher

Chuffed to see this South African documentary making an international splash.

‘I think what’s powerful about the film is the fact that there’s this big South African guy who is telling a deeply intimate story about an animal that is essentially a modified snail. He takes us into this fragile creature’s world and she transforms from an underwater alien into a protagonist that we can really relate to and care about. At a minimum, I think that viewers will make an emotional connection with her, but I really hope that the bigger message that comes through will be an exploration of our own identity and fragility as part of the living planet.’

Pippa Ehrlich, dir. “My Octopus Teacher”

Actors note: Craig Foster (chap in the water) has a native South African accent (of which there are many).