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Danny Boyle's Britain
I must admit I was dubious of Danny Boyle's idea of presenting Great Britain as a green and pleasant land in his Olympic opening ceremony, but the bucolic idyll was merely a forerunner to the Industrial Revolution (above) in his potted history of Britain. Enter Wallinger swaggering around in a stovepipe hat as Isambard Kingdom Brunel and spouting Shakespeare. Huge smoking chimneys sprouted from the floor.
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Danny Boyle’s Olympics opening ceremony to be released as feature-length DVD
Opening ceremony auteur Danny Boyle is cutting a feature-length version of his cheeky, occasionally hallucinatory 2012 Olympics kickoff. British newspaper Read Post
Danny Boyle directing 2012 Olympics opening ceremony: Ideas for UK welcome acts?
As had been rumored, Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later…, Trainspotting) has been tapped as artistic director of the opening ceremony for the 2012 summer Olympics in London. ”You have got to acknowledge tha... Read Post
Danny Boyle's Jerusalem
So, what do you think of Danny Boyle's notion of turning the Olympic Stadium into Britain's Green and Pleasant Land for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games (CLICK)? Is it a retreat into the past, because modern Britain is ... Read Post