Re: Penda’s Fen (1974)

[Johnny Marr]

It’s an astonishingly great, haunting film

Bizarrely, despite the lack of any ethnic minority actors, it’s one of the
great cinematic paeans to multiculturalism and the impermanent nature of
Englishness/nationalism - a reminder that Christianity and the Anglo-Saxons
have held residence in England for no greater length of time than paganism
and the Ancient Britons. Something I’ve always remembered when the EDL try
to scaremonger over ‘Islamic take overs’ of Europe.

On Monday, February 12, 2018, Richard Romeo <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pegged as a folk horror film  that only aired on British TV twice, PF is a
> curious and odd take on an average English school boy questioning his
> beliefs re: ‘Englishness’, nation and God as a result of some strange
> visions.
> His parson father reminded a lot of Rev Gwyon in his pagan sympathies.
> Best one can find is a crap copy on YouTube. Still worth a look.
>
> rich-
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
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