who is conflicted about his sexuality and that is something in which terrence davis has addressed indirectly in his films before. there s the issue of religion. siegfried converted to catholicism later in life and terrence davies kind of famously. turned his back on the church after feeling abandoned by it. and so what you have is an artist, a poet of the cinema making a film about a poet whose life encompasses and social changes but at the centre of it it is a really kind of heartbreaking story about somebody who can t be who they are, isn t sure who they are, isn t certain that the art they are making is actually as good as it ought to be and seems to be trapped in a situation when they want to change the world, they want to change themselves and they are constantly thwarted. it s like a collage, it flips backwards and forwards in time and we get different actors playing the same characters. as always with terrence davies movies, is beautiful to look at, he is a real poet o
Looking a lot drier, and we remain in the warm conditions. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its monday the 9th of october. Good morning. More than 1,000 people have now been killed in israel and gaza after a Massive Attack by hamas militants that began at dawn on saturday. There are reports that israel has struck more than 500 targets in gaza overnight, my more than 125,000 palestinians i displace. President biden has ordered extra military assistance for the israelis, promising them rock solid and unwavering support. Israeli troops are still hunting down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. 0ne down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. One of the worlds most advanced military is taken by surprise by hamas, a military group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as soldiers. Already the largest loss of
So disgraceful you ought to be in politics. that was impersonal. are you pro german? no, i m pro human. we are not here to discuss humanity, that is religiousi fear of operation. and what of morality? i think it s such a good performance. so the film looks at his life in wartime, after the war in which she surrounded, and later on his marriage in later years he s played by peter capaldi. at the time he s played by peter capoldi he s basically become very, very embittered and you know, feelings of failure and desolation. and what s interesting about the film is, i think that terrence davis has found in the life of siegfried sassoon a number of elements that chime with his own preconceptions. there is a story about a character