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English[en]
I consulted David on the choice of movie to watch. There were five cans of 35mm reels held in the projection room – all of them current or near current movies. I was not particularly attracted to any of them. David seemed untroubled and, apparently, was happy to leave the choice to me. So, I went back down the narrow stairs and hunted around in the manager’s office – to see if there were any other cans of film lying about. Yes, there were indeed two other cans of film, lurking there under a layer of dust. One was a 1950’s movie called “The Man Who Never Was”. I’d never heard of it – then. So, I rejected it out of hand. The other was a real relic from the 30’s: “The White Zombie”. I’d never heard of that one either but, hey, with a name like that, what choice did I have? Synchronicity! I seated David in the theatre – in the rarefied heights of the ‘Dress Circle’, of course – though, in truth, it was just as shabby as the rest of the theatre. (The red velour seating had taken a real pounding at the hands of the students – they did tend to get a bit boisterous in the action scenes.) Then I ducked back into the projection room to start up the first reel. Okay, it was a pretty corny, old movie but it passed the time – and it was a lot better than either being besieged by zombies in the Baillieu or living with them (and their rotten cat) in the basement of the Union building. By the end of the movie, David had lapsed into a catatonic state – voluntarily, I think. What a critic! So, I left him to his Dress Circle catatonia (if that’s the right word) and grabbed one of the other movies and watched that one, too. Hey! A double feature (with a large packet of jaffas stolen from the snack bar.) Who could ask for more?
Cornish[kw]
My a dhadhlas gans Davydh a-dro dhe dhewis an fylmow ragon ni. Yth esa pymp kannas rolbrennow a fylmow 35mm a’ga gorwedh war an leur sal- towlyansyth – hag oll anedha fylmow nowydh – po ogas. Nyns o da lowr genev oll an fylmow ma. Yth heveli nag o troblys Davydh hag, yn apert, gwell o ganso gasa dhymm an dewis. Ytho, my a dhasdheuth dre an wrisfordh ynn rag hwithra yn soedhva an dyghtyer – rag kavoes mar pe kannow erell ynno. Ha, ya, yn hwir yth esa dew gannas fylmow erell, ow skolkya yn-dann gwiskas polter. Onan anedha o henwys “An den nag o nevra”, a dheuth an blydhynnyow 1950. Ny’n aswonni – ena. Ytho, my a’n skonyas heb ombrederi. An fylm arall o krer gwir dhiworth an blydhynyow 1930: “An Zombi gwynn”. Ny aswonni an huni na naneyl mes, hay, gans hanow a’n par na, nyns esa dewis vyth dhymmo vy! Kettermynekter! My a wrug bos esedhys Davydh y’n sinema – y’n ardhow “Kylgh Gwisk”, heb mar – kynth o, yn hwir, kepar usys ha remenant an sinema. (An esedhow falspali rudh re via gweskys yn feur gans an studyoryon – yth ens i nebes trosus dre an gwelyow-fylm a dhiwkwedhas meur a gevammogow.) Ena, my a dhehwelas dhe’n sal-towlyansyth rag dalleth an kynsa rolbrenn. Yn hwir, fylm poran krin o mes ni a dremenas an termyn ganso – ha gwell dres eghenn o es dell vos omsettyes a-dhe’n Baillieu gans an zombis – po es dell driga gansa (keffrys h’aga hath euthyk) yn selder Chi an Kesunyans. Davydh re goedhsa yn studh kepar ha mernans pan worfennsa an fylm – a’y vodh, dell grysav. Ass yw arvreusyas! Ytho, my a’n gasas yn y ‘vernans’ Kylgh Gwisk ha dalghenna onan yntra’n fylmow erell rag mires keffrys orth an huni na. Hay! Diskwedhyans dewblek (gans fardellik meur a jaffas, ledrys dhiworth an barr-kroustow.) Piw a allsa hwilas moy es henna?