The anarchic director on good stuff to see for free including a stack of colourised black-and-white film treasures
What I do during lockdown … is pretty much what I would do anyway. Read books, stare at screens, listen to
music, play with the dogs, go for walks. My wife Tod and I are very fortunate because we live in a rural area and there’s no prohibition against walking in Oregon! The images of honest
British footpath walkers being harassed by
police drones are most troubling. What will the cops do with the malefactors? Send ’em to court, and jail?
Anyway, as far as films are concerned we don’t have a good TV signal or a streaming contract so we’re limited to things that we can see for free. Fortunately, there is a considerable amount of good stuff for nothing if you dig for it! We watched Dead of Night – the great British portmanteau horror film – and it is as great as it ever was. The search has also turned up some fascinating colourised films: in particular My Man Godfrey, The Outlaw, and Things to Come in lavishly colourised versions (Things to Come enjoys
Russian voiceover narration, as well).