function 2 February 2010
A great thing about being in Dublin, however briefly, is that we have a great big screen now in one of the rooms so the watching of movies is well in order. Tonight we got INGLORIOUS BASTARDS out but left it a bit late to watch as it’s a long one (according to the dvd sleeve) so A PRIVATE FUNCTION was revisited, after a gap of many years. What a joy! There ain’t a dud performance or line in it and it is my favourite Bill Patterson role ever (he is the dour man of the law enforcing the strict laws about animal rearing and butchering). I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was doing publicity a while back, with the lovely Sue Johnston for JAM AND JERUSALEM, and he is a wonderful man. I love when the people you admire, and whose work you love, turns out to be such a good egg.
