if you have a spare three hours

BIRDSONG. not for the short of attention span, as the pace is glacial. watched it last night (instead of viggo) with ladeez and we were, to a woman, utterly gobsmacked.  from the first exsquisitely painterly scene til the last, it was a long slow dance between light and dark, colour and lack of colour.  very light on dialogue, no clear names of characters apart from leads, and much gazing and face acting.  you'll either hate it or love.  we thought is was a masterpiece.  and most interestingly, the power of the thing doesn't come from the expected source ... the romance.  it's the 'other' that leaves you feeling like you've been hit by a bus.  will be buying a copy for the library asap. see above post for snippet.