Norman Rushbrook has been Lighting Manager with the St. Magnus Festival, since 1978.
Norman Rushbrook: The Men In Black, St Magnus International Festival
Sgathaich: Superman (1941)
Some key elements of what we come to think of as Superman come right from this. This was the first time he was seen flying
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: #OnThisDay
On 21st of May 1908 the film Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde premiered in Chicago.
Sgathaich: Adventures of Captain Marvel: Time Bomb.
“So what is the main element of this part? Why a thrilling car chase and rescue… well thrilling for 1940s anyway. “
Sgathaich: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
” Rather than the 2d animation of the other DB films this one is CG but done in a stylized way to look almost as if it’s the 2D art.”
Film Corner with Njal Heddle: Pearl (2022)
“It’s an age-old tale of escape and aspiring to greatness, just with the odd bit of stabbing and sex with a scarecrow. “
When going to the cinema in Orkney was run by the Education Department
“the service was delivered personally by a single operator Sandy Wylie, who travelled to the islands with projector, screen, speaker, transformer, gramophone, records, sundry cables and spares—as well as films”
Sgathaich: Superman
“The film captures perfectly the bright optimism and heroic kindness of Clark Kent/Superman something more recent films obsessed with being dark and gritty fail at”
World, The Flesh And The Devil: #OnThisDay
On 9th of April 1914, ‘World, The Flesh and The Devil, premièred at the Holborn Empire, High Holborn, London, as part of a Kinemacolor season.
2001 A Space Odyssey #OnThisDay
On 2nd of April 1968 “2001 A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
