Let the right one In

Let the right one In

Sitting here after the screening of this film tonight I am acutely aware of some members' strong feelings about this film.

I apologise to those members who left. There were some extraordinarily animated members discussing the film after the screening - and I can assure you that there was strong opinion on the vampire scenes.

Putting vampires to one side for a minute - it is a delicately told story of isolation and friendship; it is beautifully made film; the actors are fantastic; the locations are visually compelling.

Some members loved it - I think the critic in the Daily Telegraph got it about right when he summarised the film as …"beautiful to gaze at, achingly romantic, emotionally involving, unexpectedly terrifying".

But there's still "the vampire thing". Vampire movies are a genre of films in their own right and this one is considered to be in a class of its own within that genre.

Perhaps I should have made an announcement to warn members of some violent scenes so that they might want to cover their eyes. To that end I apologise to those members who voted with their feet, left the hall and went home early. I hope it will not influence your coming to the rest of this year's season.

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