Saturday 22 April 2023

Blue Lights (2023 Gilles Bannier)

Could have been called Blue Lines with all the unnecessary horizontal blue line effect that someone thought was a good idea to plaster all over the place. It's my only carp.

Good characters, good cast.

Nathan Braniff and Richard Dormer

Martin McCann and Sian Brooke

Joanne Crawford

Katherine Devlin (The Dig)

Hannah McClean

With Valene Kane, Jonathan Harden, John Lynch (The Fall, Shetland), Andi Osho (receptionist - lovely scenes between her and Dormer).

Brilliant '12 hours earlier' episode (4) when a police ombudsman investigates a death on chaotic Full Moon Fever night, finds everyone in the station is lying.

Well directed and edited (Peggy Koretzky, Helen Sheridan) series, well written by Fran Harris, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson.

Bannier was assistant director on La Gloire de mon Pere and Le Chateau de ma Mere, later work as a director includes episodes of Spiral and Marcella.

Liked the line: "Don't let what's for you pass you by."

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