Brief Encounter in Balham - The Waiting Room

post from Going Underground's Blog on 16 June 2008 10:44:00 PM. © Going Underground's Blog

I'm due to see Ralf Little's new film The Waiting Room really soon. Very much looking forward to it as it's the first film I've seen him in (he's normally mainly in TV like The Royle Family or online stuff like Kate Modern). It also involves trains and apparently you get to see him naked. Or rather as the Channel 4 review so nicely says "you do get to see Ralf Little's knob (as he's taking a leak, actually), but sideways on."

Ralf plays a care assistant/nurse who follows one of his elderly charges (played by Frank Finlay) down to a South London train station where he meets Anna (Anne-Marie Duff) in the waiting room. There the two of them listen to the old man rattle on about love, and share a "James Blunt - You're Beautiful" moment. They don't swap numbers, or even names, but are both hooked from that moment on.

An obsessedwithfilm interviewer asks Ralf: "Have you ever had a life-changing moment in a waiting room .... or even on any bit of public transport?"

Ralf replies "Not on public transport but I've had 'the moment' of going 'wow, that is the girl I'm going to marry'. Didn't work out! (Laughs) But I've definitely felt it, I'm sure, and I'm sure I'll feel it again ... But talk to me again when I'm single and childless!"

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You can see from the video above that a lot of the film was was shot around Wandsworth Common railway station and Balham rail & London Underground station. The film didn't have a big enough budget to rent the whole stations and this was apparently the only very small 'problem'. Ralf says:

"there were scenes with people getting on and off trains and normally in big budget films they hire a train and so on, but we couldn't do that on our budget. So you had this incredible thing where there's this whole film crew on a platform all ready with the actors poised, guessing where the doors might stop, then as the train comes in then the doors open and 'ACTION' and you'd have to leap on the train, pause for a moment, then walk off casually. Brilliant.."

So if you're a South Londoner, or like me, sometimes travel on trains into Waterloo, you'll see many familiar locations in the film. The train travelling past Battersea Power station being the most familiar.

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Review of La Vela Hotel, Lake Trasimeno - cheap,
friendly, small hotel

post from Europe A La Carte Blog on 16 June 2008 09:06:28 PM. © Europe A La Carte Blog

Good - great value 60 euros for a double room including breakfast. Our room had a partial lake view and good sized baclony, friendly, helpful staff.Bad - no separate shower cubicle, so all bathroom floor wet after shower, room rather small with wall mounted TV a real head bumping hazard.Rating out of 10 - 8We [...]

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More NY: Summer Streets, bike map, coins rolled

post from NewYorkology: A Free New York Travel Guide on 16 June 2008 08:43:03 PM. © NewYorkology: A Free New York Travel Guide

Summer Streets map (in pdf) Park/Lafayette to close for Summer Streets in August (NYC.gov) Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced Summer Streets, a new City program that will temporarily open a...

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Walks in India: Gokarna

post from India Travel Blog on 16 June 2008 08:35:00 PM. © India Travel Blog

This post is part of a series on 'Walks in India'.Place: GokarnaHighlights: Beachside walk, hills along the sea shore, rocky shorelineSeason: July to March, when it is not hot.Time of the day: Evening - 6am to 9amDistance: Approximately 6kmsDifficulty:[...]

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Sex Appeal is in the Blood Type

post from Japan Probe on 16 June 2008 05:53:41 PM. © Japan Probe

According to a recent issue of the Shukan Post weekly magazine, ?personality analysis based on blood type? (????????) is the biggest boom ever among 20 and 30 something women, whether they be co-eds, office workers, or young marrieds. When ever these women get together, they tend to say things like, ?Well, I?m blood type [...]

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Planes: Opens Skies, British Airways’ new
airline...

post from Gridskipper on 16 June 2008 05:08:00 PM. © Gridskipper

Opens Skies, British Airways’ new airline that will divide passengers into 3 classes (with flat-beds between NYC and Paris in business), debuts today. New routes ranging from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Milan and Brussels are expected to launch by the end of the year. [Mens Style]

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High in the Sky at Peninsula hotel's new Salon de
Ning

post from NewYorkology: A Free New York Travel Guide on 16 June 2008 04:38:49 PM. © NewYorkology: A Free New York Travel Guide

NewYorkology contributor Vidiot commits journalism by night, edits Cocktailians and explores NYC by day. He's especially interested in the infrastructure, transit, architectural wonders, drinking establishments, and hidden corners of the greatest city in the world. Not long ago, I...

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