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64. Edinburgh Revisited, and Lizzy Siddal on the ‘absolute diabolical’ Dr. Robert Forrest
I have an unalloyed positive view of The Twitter as a social medium: through its good offices I’ve ‘met’ an awful lot of very interesting people and had any number of stimulating exchanges (however succinct.) Twitter is of course a … Continue reading
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61. On that ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ by Robert Louis Stevenson
Early on in The Possessions of Doctor Forrest a police detective named Bill Hagen, who has been handed the case file on the disappearance of the eminent cosmetic surgeon, makes the following observations on the evidence: “The photos we obtained … Continue reading
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14. Veil, Visor, Disguiser: Georges Franju’s Les Yeux Sans Visage
The following is extracted from The Possessions of Doctor Forrest, as police detective Hagen questions Forrest’s friend Dr Grey Lochran about a curious mask of black leather that has been found in the search of the missing Forrest’s apartment: I … Continue reading
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11. Kevin Macdonald on ‘Doctor Forrest’ + David Cronenberg’s surgical skills
Kevin Macdonald is of course the director of, inter alia, the documentaries One Day in September (Academy Award winner, 2000) and Touching the Void, and the feature dramas The Last King of Scotland, State of Play and The Eagle (pictured.) … Continue reading
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