
Just A Little Bit Random
The film related ramblings of Jamie Skinner
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Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday – Introduction
Possibly the most expensive joke in Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, a film first released in 1953, was inspired by 1975’s Jaws. I look into that, alongside Jacques Tati’s nostalgic condensing of human life into a French seaside town, in this introduction that I gave for the film in October 2025 at The Little Theatre in Bath.… Read more
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The Straight Story – Introduction
David Lynch famously saw The Straight Story as his most experimental film. Yet, as it shows the director’s love of people and their mindsets it’s thoroughly Lynchian. Unlike other introductions that I’ve recorded, that can also be found on this website, the audio in the video below was recorded before the actual in-person screening, which… Read more
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