Welcome to episode 047 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast.

Grab your sword, jump to the 80s and get ready to live forever. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Arts Journalist and Author Jonathan Melville to discuss Highlander.

Synopsis
When the mystical Russell Nash (Christopher Lambert) kills a man in a sword fight in a New York City parking lot, he leaves a sliver of an ancient weapon lodged in a car in the process. After brilliant forensics specialist Brenda Wyatt (Roxanne Hart) recovers evidence of the mysterious weapon, she and her partner, Lt. Frank Moran (Alan North), embark on an investigation Of Nash that will land them in the middle of a dangerous, centuries-old feud between powerful immortals.

Links in conversation
Twitter - @jon_melville
Insta - @jonmelville

Creative recommendation
Evolution Of Horror Podcast
https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/

Tea For Two
https://klipist.com/title/tea-for-two/?fbclid=IwAR2_xnk_Pfw-dukpUSwYqUGpq_pWY3egvGRDPIucPZSnNOQ35dfSGNo5JkY

Detectorists
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b06l51nr/detectorists

Jonathan's Bio
Jonathan is a freelance arts journalist whose first book, 2015’s Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors, was called ‘Informative, entertaining and, above all, a joy to read‘ by Starburst. His 2020 book A Kind of Magic: The Making of the Original Highlander, a comprehensive and all-encompassing look at the film which began the franchise, was described by Total Film as ‘An engrossing read with plenty of on-set anecdotes and insight‘. He has contributed to The Guardian, The Scotsman, SFX and BBC Radio Scotland.