Cornish people although regular broadcast in Cornish is limited to a weekly bilingual programme on BBC Radio Cornwall. Daily life in Cornwall therefore is conducted in the English language, albeit with some regional peculiarities. "Legends of the Fall", a novella by American author Jim Harrison, detailing the lives of a Cornish American family in the early 20th century, contains several Cornish language terms. These were also included in the Academy Award winning film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins as Col. William Ludlow and Brad Pitt as Tristan Ludlow. Early medieval Cornwall was associated with the Matter of Britain, a national
The Dead Father (film) of four films featured on "Isolation in the 1980s", a collection of historically significant films from the Winnipeg Film Group. The Dead Father (film) The Dead Father is a Canadian film directed by Guy Maddin, and his debut film. The short film tells a surrealist story of a Son's feelings of anger, sadness, and inadequacy after the return of his Dead Father. "The Dead Father" is shot in black and white on 16mm film and features Maddin's usual use on the stylistic conventions of silent-era cinema. The narrating "Son" presents the audience with three photo albums' worth of memories, recovered