Lazarus

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu was fantastic. An excellent film featuring character names including Virgil, (Doctor) Anghel and of course, Lazarescu. The two leads were great, especially Ion Fiscuteanu - you can see the fear in his eyes grow to sheer terror as he becomes incoherent, detached from the immediate world around him. Alas, it's a tale repeated all too often in reality.

It is rumoured to be the first of six films about Bucharest by the director, Cristi Puiu - a director to watch.

It rounded off a day of fine company, meeting Chapman (a lovely chap) in Holborn and then Mia in Soho. Shame I was babbling incoherently after too many dwinks. Something I will be repeating again this Friday at the CAMRA shindig for the Cistern Kid's birthday.

Yes, this post is incoherent. My energy levels have totally collapsed. I need to sleep. Ciao.