winston churchill s funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. the world cup final of 1966, where the nation stopped. and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. but i watched the world cup final in a neighbour s house. and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at least, it seemed to galvanise everybody and everything, and i was looking at images that said, the world is watching. wow. and you mentioned belfast there. some people, i think, are still surprised when they hear that you grew up in working class belfast. uh-huh. and you ve now written and directed a film called belfast. uh-huh. how autobiographical a film is it? well, erm, it s seen through the eyes of nine year old buddy. it s seen at 50 years distance from me. so inevitably,
ken, welcome to this cultural life. thank you. a show about cultural inspiration, cultural influences. what is your earliest cultural memory, do you think? something that had a big impact? i think, early doors, i can remember winston churchill s funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. the world cup final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. but i watched the world cup final in a neighbour s house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at least it seemed to galvanise everybody and everything, and i was looking at images that said, the world is watching. wow. and you mentioned belfast there. some people, i think, are still surprised when they hear that you grew up in working class belfast. uh
keeping the kids while you re out of work and while these mental health issues are at play were titanic issues for him. they were like the stuff of greek tragedy but they existed in what i understood to be the sort of rather banal features of a sort of working class life or anybody s life, basically, where, you know, the you re not living with a hollywood soundtrack, you re not in a big screen adventure, you re in a much more prosaic existence but, from the inside, the soul is being crushed. it was the kind of thing that made television watching an event. your last big cultural moment that you ve brought in is the olympics opening ceremony, 2012. you had a really key role that night. central, you know, middle of the stadium, you appeared, dressed as isambard kingdom brunel. yes. ..reciting shakespeare. yes. ..with the soundtrack of elgar. yes.
mental health issues are at play were titanic issues for him. they were like the stuff of greek tragedy but they existed in what i understood to be the sort of rather banal features of a sort of working class life or anybody s life, basically, where, you know, the you re not living with a hollywood soundtrack, you re not in a big screen adventure, you re in a much more prosaic existence but from the inside, the soul is being crushed. it was the kind of thing that made television watching an event. your last big cultural moment that you ve brought in is the olympics opening ceremony. 2012. you had a really key role that night. central, you know, middle of the stadium, you appeared, dressed as isambard kingdom brunel. yes. ..reciting shakespeare. yes.
inspiration, cultural influences. what is your earliest cultural memory, do you think? something that had a big impact? i think, early doors, i can remember winston churchill s funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. the world cup final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. but i watched the world cup final in a neighbour s house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at least it seemed to galvanise everybody and everything, and i was looking at images that said, the world is watching. wow. and you mentioned belfast there. some people, i think, are still surprised when they hear that you grew up in working class belfast. uh-huh. and you ve now written and directed a film called belfast. uh-h