Anyway, seeing how I wasn't going anywhere, I dragged myself down to the local video library and rented Enigma. Not a bad film; it seemed rather faithful to the Bletchley Park story, and didn't butcher or simplify things for the sake of mass-market appeal; and the settings and incidental music were quite apt too.
(aside: Isn't there now a cryptographic museum at Bletchley Park? And how does one get there from London?)
The DVD came with a bunch of interviews and the like, which were the usual fare; interesting to note how many times Saffron Burrows (who was a committed Marxist) uses the word "class" in hers.
(Tangent: is it officially Sir Mick Jagger or Sir Michael Jagger? And I wonder who will be first to get a knighthood in a few decades' time: Damon Albarn or Liam or Noel Gallagher.)
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Yep, there's a museum at bletchley park. It's a pretty easy trip from london - train from Euston and then a short walk.
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
is the URL for the site. I liked the film too, but was annoyed at the lack of any reference to Turing. Seeing a room full of bombes ticking away was a buzz though.
Did you ever see that movie U571, about how the Americans bravely captured the enigma machine from the dastardly German's submarine?
I didn't see U571; it sounded too formulaic. And the thought of Harvey Keitel as Alan Turing seems just wrong.
And I fully intend to be well enough to go to the Sir and Ninetynine gigs on Saturday. (Conveniently, the former is well before the latter.)
You're right, it definately would have benefited from having Steven Segall aboard! Or even Bruce Willis would have helped somewhat.
Or Chuck Norris. Actually, why not go the whole hog and get low-budget action/exploitation guru Menachem Begin to produce it?
Sorry, that should have been Menachem Golan, not the former Israeli PM. (That's what happens when you blog when you're half-braindead from the flu.)
I thought you were trying to be political.
Anyway, provided it had 'Mr. American Ninja' Michael Dudikoff in it it would be a sure-fire success.
Or Frank Stallone and Joe Estevez, and a cast of topless babes on rollerblades, and perhaps a wrestler. And was directed by Donald G. Jackson (aka Maximo T. Bird).
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