Monks Brook U3A

Mary will show her home-produced movie, Hi Jack, a comedy adventure,  which stars Ian, David & Mary among others!!!

She will also give a presentation about Charlie Chaplin's life and show some short Chaplin films.

A classic Hitchcock suspense where a town is taken over by birds who seem to be trying to drive out all the inhabitants.

The Seventh Seal is a 1957Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, about the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) across a plague-ridden landscape, and a monumental game of chess between himself and the personification of Death, who has come to take his life.  The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film, and again towards the end, beginning with the words "And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour" (Revelation 8:1). Here the motif of silence refers to the "silence of God" which is a major theme of the film.

The Knight takes a squire, a troupe of travelling players and a deaf and dumb girl under his protection as the game is played out. One by one Death exacts his toll, and it is up to Block to stall his opponent for as long as possible if he is to save the lives of those he is trying to protect.

The film is considered a major classic of world cinema. It helped Bergman to establish himself as a world-renowned director and contains scenes which have become iconic through parodies and homages.