Metroland
Philip Saville | UK | 1997
105 min

I am a big fan of The Kinks song, Do You Remember Walter?. I have always found the song lyrics somehow moving and troubling. The movie might as well be an adaptation of that song, except it is told from Walter’s perspective:

“Walter, remember when the world was young
And all the girls knew Walter’s name?
Walter, isn’t it a shame the way our little world has changed?
Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?
Do you remember, Walter, smoking cigarettes behind your garden gate?
Yes, Walter was my mate,
But Walter, my old friend, where are you now? continue reading »»