November Chills

[Nigel]

Just caught up with that fine video of yours, Sweder. Congratulations on pushing the technological frontiers of this site. Fantastic stuff, and quite a début on the international movie-making stage. No wonder there are so many views on YouTube already.

More than that, I think your directorial style has real cinematographic potential - the gloomy moorland sky, heavy footstep and laboured breathing set the scene so well. Before I knew it, my eye was lured to follow those darting beasts weaving manically in front of you. Within another moment I found myself drawn in to your tortured world, more than half-expecting some authentic Hound of the Baskervilles / American Werewolf-scale horror scene to unfold.

I'll give Mark Kermode a call and see if I can get you on 'Newsnight Review' this Friday. Unless of course you have to decline since otherwise engaged Guinness-swill(mm?)ing with SP ?

Looking further ahead, I wonder who do you think should play you, in the movie of your running life ? Tom Cruise is sadly unavailable, so the field must be wide open for the role. By the way, Ralph Fiennes (The Constant Gardener) is already pencilled in to play me, so you'll have to look further than him as well, I'm afraid ...