Llongyfarchiadau. Well done, that's brilliant- not that i'm particularly surprised. What a great course to have lined up. Have you got a career in films planned? Wales can do with a world famous director to show our culture in a positive light.

Of course i'm sorry you didn't like Eternity and a Day, but your opinion is as valid as any of the top critics. Life would be pretty boring if everyone's tastes were the same. I'm always interested to hear different opinions, even if i don't always agree. And your viewing experience and knowledge are tremendous; at your age i'd seen far far less.

 Mind you, i was annoyed by some of the responses at our film soc to Ritwik Ghatak's Cloud-Capped Star, which i'd not seen but suggested. I was well aware of some of the film's faults mentioned by several of the audience, but the loud hostility and refusal to even contemplate its equally obvious strengths (the lighting and cinematography, for instance, were exceptional) did upset me. The guy on one side of me kept holding his head and grimacing, the woman on the other sat arms folded with a look of disgust throughout- hardly conducive to a pleasurable viewing experience!