Kicking the pricks

The shockingly honest journals of the acclaimed filmmaker and gay rights activist. KICKING THE PRICKS 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6 I 8 THE SHIP SAILS 12 EDITING THE LAST OF ENGLAND 13 CHASING DRAGONS 15 NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF? ARE THESE WORDS TOO BRAVE? 17 OLD EZ AND YOUNG P.P. 19 CHILD ABUSE 20 ALASDAIR 25 MIDNIGHT MASS 27 TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY 31 AMERIKA 33 EMPTY SPACES 40 BAD BOYS 45 CINÉ LIFE 49 CLOSED CIRCLES 52 OUR TIME 53 INFERNO 56 DEAD TO THE WORLD 61 PSYCHO DEALER 61 DREAMTIME 64 COUGHING IT UP 67 ANDY WARHOL IS DEAD 76 II 80 11 JUNE 1987 82 THE TEDIOUS TALE OF CHANNEL 4 86 IMAGINING OCTOBER 93 IMAGINING OCTOBER 102 QUISLINGS: The History of the Official British Cinema 111 Ill 114 MAORIS 116 AN INHERITANCE 116 THE TERROR IN A PHOTO 126 THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION 134 THE TECHNIQUE IN WHICH THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION WAS MADE 146 MONET'S GARDEN 149 THE BLUE ROSE 152 IV 158 EVASION 160 THE LAS T OF ENGLAND 161 WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE DO YOU THINK WE ARE? INTERVIEW APRIL 15TH 1987 161 4 AM 168 THE WINDS OF CHANGE 180 PROSPERO'S WAND 182 THE LAST OF ENGLAND MAY 3RD 1987 183 IMPERIAL EMBERS 190 SHE 204 HE 204 THE LAST OF ENGLAND–JUNE 20th 1987 205 P.S. 216 V 218 TEN GO MAD ON THE RIVIERA 220 DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE 224 VIRUS 226 HOPE 227 AND THE SHIP SAILED ON 234 THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS 236 SPRING 237 THE VILLA CHERNOBYL 240 THE I OF THE STORM 246 MESMERISED 248