![]() The single screen version of ‘Motorway’ was shown at the London Film Festival in 1993 and at ‘Video Positive’ at the Tate gallery Liverpool.ĭuring his stay in Italy George has designed web sites for the leading Florentine fashion house n9ve and the designer Mauro Taliani. His installation ‘Motorway’, made in collaboration with the Art of Noise, was exhibited in the Worldwide Video Festival in Den Haag, the Melkweg in Amsterdam and Video Brazil in Sao Paulo. His first animation ‘Tall Story’, commissioned by Carlton TV, was a finalist in the 1995 British Animation Awards. His drama ‘The Assignation’ won several awards including a special commendation at the Tokyo Video Festival in 1989. He was commissioned by Channel 4 to make 2 short dramas as part of John Wyver’s ‘Ghosts in the Machine’ series. ‘Beatin’ the Heat’ for Jack ‘n’ Chill rose to number three in the UK charts. His music video work includes several videos for the Art of Noise, Jack ‘n’ Chill, Ultraviolet, the Stranglers and London Beat- whose record ‘I’ve Been Thinkin’ About You’ was a worldwide number one. His graphic work has been featured in Harpers & Queen, Vogue, the Sunday Times, The New York Times, Penguin Books, New Scientist, Playboy and BBC Publications. His music industry design work was regularly featured in Edward Booth-Clibborn’s European Illustration during the 80’s. His work was published in Morning Star, Socialist Worker, Time Out, International Times and OZĪfter leaving college he worked closely with Albion records designing record sleeves and the logo for 999, Ian Gomm, the dbs, PinPoint and the Outskirts. While at college he spent time in Northern Ireland as a war photographer during the period ‘Internment Without Trial’ to ‘Bloody Sunday’. He has taught at the Royal College of Art in London, The Danish Design School, The Royal Danish Academy, Parsons (New York) and Syracuse (New York State.) He is honorary professor at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of the University of Dundee. He studied filmmaking and graphic design at Hornsey College of Art where he also subsequently lectured. I always believe, award movies the rating which you 'feel' it deserves, not what you think you are expected to award it by others.George was educated at Tal Handak Royal Naval School, Malta, and at Windsor Boys School, Westphalia, Germany. I only saw one other, 'Sleepy Hollow', which was entertaining as well. I know the production company only produced four of these made-for-television adaptions of classic books. I did not see this television movie until late 1982 and it was odd that I did not know if it sooner. I liked this movie version because it evoked some feeling and nostalgia in me. It really only showed up with the fake, painted-on outside mansion wall crack. Yes, the movie didn't have all that high of production values, but it was a made-for-TV production after all. His service is no doubt appreciated by Roderick Usher, but who can give no reward for the man's lifetime service, other than to be the indirect cause of his violent death at the hands of the violently insane Madeline. Here's a man who loyally and unswerving serves the cursed Usher family. I also felt sympathy for the doomed, dedicated, life-time manservant, Thaddeus, played by Ray Walston of, 'My Favorite Martian' fame. Other viewers were critical of Cresswell's wife character yet I didn't mind her addition as a minor supporting character which fleshed out the story line a little more. I felt more sympathy for seeing how good and decent Roderick Usher was in a long family line of immoral ancestors as he described in horrendous detail to his childhood friend, Jonathan Cresswell, during a tour of the gloomy, underground family catacombs. Give credit to the actor for being able to elicit real sympathy from the viewer of the terrible condition the man suffers from and the hellish situation he must play out in his short, agonizing life. The creepy, insane, violent Usher sister not only looked scary, she was! I feel confident awarding the TV movie a 7 because of the skilled and sympathetic role of Martin Landau as Roderick Usher. ![]() As opposed to the other disappointed viewers, I felt entertained and even spooked by the 'horror movie' introduction of the deranged Usher sister, Madeline, played effectively by Dimitri Arliss, who mysteriously had but a few acting credits. I gave this 1979 made-for-television version of, 'The Fall of the House of Usher' a 7 rating for its entertainment value. I am going against the prevailing current of the previous reviewers.
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