Box-office takings can soar when it rains … so what happened this year?
The story goes that when Kirk Douglas was filming To Catch A Spy in 1970 on the west coast of Scotland, he grew increasingly exasperated by the relentless bad weather. One day, suffering cabin fever in his dismal hotel, he put on his mac and went out for a walk, taking shelter at a bus stop where his only companion was a young boy. "Tell me, son, does it rain here all the time?" he asked. After a long pause, the boy answered: "I wouldn't know. I'm only 11 years old."
Douglas's experience underlines something Brits have long known: our weather is notoriously unsettled. Drought warnings are no guarantee it won't soon be raining long and hard.
Our film industry remains dangerously dependent on the weather. On an independent film, it is estimated that up to 40% of the potential opening...
The story goes that when Kirk Douglas was filming To Catch A Spy in 1970 on the west coast of Scotland, he grew increasingly exasperated by the relentless bad weather. One day, suffering cabin fever in his dismal hotel, he put on his mac and went out for a walk, taking shelter at a bus stop where his only companion was a young boy. "Tell me, son, does it rain here all the time?" he asked. After a long pause, the boy answered: "I wouldn't know. I'm only 11 years old."
Douglas's experience underlines something Brits have long known: our weather is notoriously unsettled. Drought warnings are no guarantee it won't soon be raining long and hard.
Our film industry remains dangerously dependent on the weather. On an independent film, it is estimated that up to 40% of the potential opening...
- 7/13/2012
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- The Guardian - Film News
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