Ethan and Talia discuss Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film Local Hero. We wonder if all our favourite films are so because of their nostalgic element; how we still take pleasure in a film with very little conflict; and how Talia is disappointed to find that this film is many other people’s favourite as well as her own.

links to things discussed in this episode
• BBC programme discussing Local Hero including the end of the film
• Apparently the belief that in the 1970s a coming ice age was going to happen isn’t quite true
• Mark Kermode’s Film Club on Local Hero

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