Red as Blood
The Company of Wolves
I am more excited than I can describe to announce that together with Sam Bompas & Harry Parr, I'll be presenting the next installment of Scratch 'n Sniff Cinema as part of the Abandon Normal Devices Festival in The Lake District over Easter. The reason for the fizzing tummy bubbles is that the film we'll be presenting is one of my all-time favourites - a truly beautiful yet horrifying oddity, directed by Neil Jordan and penned in partnership with the late, lamented author and mistress of magic surrealism, Angela Carter.
The Yan, Grizedale Forest Park
The Company of Wolves is based upon a series of short stories within her brilliant, aphrodisiac-infused anthology in response to the fairy tales of Charles Perrault, The Bloody Chamber. I'll be announcing at least two key scents closer to the event, but there will be eight in total responding to moments within the film. The location itself will be award-winning forest hideout The Yan, a contemporary yet sensitively designed education and community resource centre designed by architects Sutherland Hussey.
Keep an eye out for ticket sales at the official AND website. Remember - as you're pretty, so be wise. Wolves may lurk in every guise. Now, as then, 'tis simple truth: sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth.