London Film Festival free screenings
Enjoy free vintage movies in Trafalgar Square as part of the London Film Festival
This year's London Film Festival includes two free outdoor screenings in Trafalgar Square.
High Treason is a futuristic sci-fi fantasy that pictures London in the future - the 1950s. The film was made in 1929 and offers an intriguing glimpse into how the Depression era saw Britain in the future: New York-style skylines, cigar-shaped cars and shiny figure-hugging costumes. As they say, nothing dates as quickly as the future.
High Treason, accompanied by a live piano score, will be shown at 6.30pm on 23 October 2008.
The other London Film Festival freebie is London Loves... which is 15 rarely seen short films about the capital which will prove great fun for London philes who love comparing then with now.
Among the films is London's Contrasts (1924) where the driver of the capital's last horse drawn bus takes us on a whistle stop tour - from 'the cheerful disorder of the East End' to Knightsbridge and beyond. It draws to mind the dire predictions at the turn of the century forecasting that London would be drowned under a sea of horse shit. As we said, nothing dates...
London Loves will be shown at 6.30pm on Friday 24 October 2008.
How to get there:
Underground
Charing Cross: Northern and Bakerloo Lines (nearest to the Getty Entrance).
Leicester Square: Northern and Piccadilly Lines (nearest to the Getty and Education Centre Entrances).
Embankment: Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle Lines (nearest to the Getty Entrance).
The nearest Underground station with a lift is Westminster on the Jubilee, District and Circle Lines.
Bus
Buses around Trafalgar Square: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12,13, 15, 23, 24, 29, 53, 77A, 88, 91, 139, 159, 176, 453.
