Local Hero Sunday 3 August , 5 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street

localhero_01_film_detailLocal Hero

Sunday 3 August, 2014 – 5 p.m.

GFT 12 Rose Street

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Writer/director Bill Forsyth’s third feature is one of the funniest culture-clash comedies in cinema history. Described by its maker as ‘Apocalypse Now meets Brigadoon’, Local Hero both celebrates and subverts a laundry list of Scottish stereotypes. When a materialistic American corporate executive arrives in Scotland with the aim of turning a huge stretch of unspoilt northern coastline into a gigantic petrochemical refinery, the economics of oil go head to head against the enchantment of Highland culture and mythology. A movie warm enough to melt the heart of Donald Trump.

Introduced by Dr Jonny Murray, Senior Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at Edinburgh College of Art, who will explore the film’s comic subversion of a wide range of well-worn Scottish stereotypes.

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