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Yes albeit I never met him, he was a living legend and this stunning monochrome photography is proof of that. All crew and cast are excellent . This story builds up with a unique pace of action to an unexpected climax. Poignant albeit emotional and yet moving . Unexpected events throughout as to how and where this (anti hero ) would react to his dilemma ? As the pace speeds up I found it quite hard to keep abreast of how he was resolving his trials and tribulations ? Clever screenplay writing and imagination of thought processes .

Quite brilliant and as already stated are accurate as are all whites which certainly was due to expert lab testing and careful checking of all chemical mixes and pedantic drying technique which needed 2 sharp eyes for neg and pos accurate drying ! These techniques were a Labour of love and every minute in that lab was challenging and success was always appreciated and great pride in our work was a given. Re hand held, those days would have needed a much larger budget ! That said the intensity of lighting , direction and screenplay all gelled for a successful final in the can job. For the general public , if interested I modestly suggest starting with a few now out of date technical books on film processing, screenplay writing, direction , lighting , and sound recording techniques all of which, technically were controlled by analogue equipment as opposed to today , which is mostly, though sometimes not, controlled by digital cameras and sound recording . There are many ( now 2nd hand ) books which can enlighten those who are interested ? I find it somewhat frustrating that most audiences do not understand very much, if anything about the stresses, strains , frustrations and sleepless nights endured by film cast and crew , often over many weeks or even months of sheer hard work ! That said, people that do this work, need to be eager and enthusiastic plus at times a bit nutty and also maintain a sense of humour irrespective of work hardship ! Those attributes seem to pass by most of the TV and Cinema audiences of past years and also today ! I hope these few words may inspire even ONE reader who may then pass that on to others ?

Lacklustre drab and miserable. Amateur acting, dreadful , or was it just badly written screenplay , or was it just badly directed ? Which of those possibilities, or all of them ? Commplicated to the point of switch off and read a good book ! Admittedly I did not avidly follow Callan exploits back in the day so maybe , just MAybe this would have clicked as interesting ? After 30 minutes I opted out !