SO HERE WE ARE . . It's been a whole year since the day we woke, to the
terrible sad news that, the last remaining figure head of a 'Golden
Age', had left us. The towering talent that was, Christopher Lee had
gone.
FOR WEEKS afterwards, tributes, television specials and features filled the
media, and for many it was sudden realisation, like looking from the
top of a mountain, and seeing this vast spread, a different coloured landscape... THE huge and prolific career, of Christopher Lee!
OVER THE DAYS, fans revisited films, youtube clips, watched reruns of his
movies on tv, posted stories on facebook of meeting him, autographs
collected were shared, other actors, friends and people within the
industry shared their stories too. WE posted photographs and banners,
interviews and long lost tv appearances, but it was still hard weeks
later, come Christmas..and no video festive message!
I HAVE A GROUP OF FREINDS who aren't 'into' the genre and some of the
films, we celebrate here, but they too found themselves, 'digging out'
and watching not just the Lee classics, but his lesser known tv work
too, in an attempt to find out for themselves, 'what WAS the allure of
this actor?'....some were pleasantly surprised!
AND THAT IS WHERE we are today. I would loved to hear, if you have 'gone digging' too? Have you over the last year revisited some Christopher Lee favourites..OR have you strayed further a field and discovered something you knew nothing about too, a film he appeared in you hadn't seen before and enjoyed??? I'd LOVE to know. He may not be physically with us now, but there will always be a thread, a post, a banner, a clip...always time to celebrate, the one and only... never to be replaced, Christopher Lee...right here!
