Liberatum Cultural Honour for John Hurt – by Silvia Bombardini

Liberatum John Hurt Invite

Dear Shaded
Viewers and Diane,

 

For his precious contribution to the world of cinema, last night in
London Mr. John Hurt was awarded the prestigious Liberatum prize 2013. With 185
roles and counting, Mr. Hurt has been in almost every remarkable crew you could
think of, seamlessly moving from Alien to The Elephant Man, Nineteen-Eighty
Four and Midnight Express to Shooting Dogs and most recently, Melancholia and
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. One of his personal favorites apparently was in Richard Kwietniowski's 1997
Love and Death on Long Island, which was screened next door while we
were invited to celebrate with dinner at the W hotel in Leicester Square.
Despite its lavish interiors and suitably delicious food, a lovely laid back,
festive atmosphere was there to be felt, and some amazing creative guests came along
to the toast. Amanda Eliasch was there, and Pam Hogg (she send her love,
Diane), and at my table alone were two famous artists and a delightful sword
swallower that recalls her time at ASVOFF 4 most fondly. To my left sat Deborah
Curtis, director of the child charity The House of Fairy Tales, and everyone
was impossibly sweet. The award itself was created by Russian sculptress
Svetlana K-Lie, a knotty statuette reading a script, of a certain delicate Giacomettian
elegance.

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John Hurt

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Pam Hogg and Jewels Good

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Jewels is based mid-air between London and Berlin, and she will perform in London later tonight. You can find more about her on her website here.

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Later,

Silvia

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