Black and white

What a rubbish August it's turning out to be... endless rain! Last weekend was particularly autumnal which gave us a chance to catch up on some black and white classics. L'Avventura by Antonioni, delicious, beautifully shot and constructed film from 1960, followed by Killer of sheep, a 'lost classic' from '77. Shot in the black suburbs of Los Angeles, the film follows middle class families trying to escape poverty and tedium, against an amazing soundtrack of Gershwin and Dinah Washington, among others. It was only formally released in 2007 after the music rights were finally cleared!