Beaconsfield on TV

Last night I did something I wouldn’t normally do, and that is a) watch TV – rarely do I watch it these days, and not usually on a Sunday evening after church b) watch a TV show/movie about underground miners - this just wouldn’t be my first choice c) watch a disaster movie – I don’t enjoy disaster movies. 

But my childhood friend the film director had directed a movie called Beaconsfield (which got the critics choice for the week in TV) about the Beaconsfield mine collapser, and he is a good director with artistic taste (in my opinion), so I thought I would turn it on and see what it was like, and I ended up watching to the end. And I enjoyed it, if that is the right expression for such a movie. It was so well done, and I particularly liked the music score too. I also felt like it was something good for me to watch such a human portrayal of this true story in a situation that was quite different to mine. One thing I have found a little disturbing since living in the city is that city people can be real snoots about country folk (the irony being that those in the city think they are the ones without prejudices) so I like a little dose of country folk every so often. This was good viewing (but seriously, how irritating and how long are the adds? ... I don't know how regular commercial TV people can stand it).