Shilex

I was flipping through the channels today and stopped on the Sci-Fi channel where they were playing a movie called Photographing Fairies. Started watching and couldn't stop. This is a very intelligent movie about a man searching for fairies after seeing an unexplained photograph. Lots of religious undertones and great cinematography. Some characters and their actions could have been developed better, but overall this is a gem of a movie. Has anyone else ever seen this movie? I want to get it on DVD but I'm not sure it's available, or if it ever will be.

movielib

Is this

FairyTale: A True Story ?

This is based on the claims of two girls that they saw and took pictures of fairies in England in 1917. Arthur Conan Doyle, among others, believed them. (But Conan Doyle believed in a lot of New Age things, to use a modern term, ironic for the creator of the ultra-logical Sherlock Holmes.)

The fact is that it was most certainly a hoax:

http://www.rugreview.com/orr/132hoax.htm

I knew of the movie when it came out and although the reviews were pretty good I did not want to see a movie that portrayed an obvious and proven hoax as real. I admit it could be a good movie.

Edit:

I see this is a different movie. The one you saw was indeed called Photographing Fairies and is apparently about the same subject and was released in the same year. (One of those things like two Comet/Asteroid collision with Earth movies in the same year or three werewolf movies in one year or two repeating day movies in one year.) I had never heard of this film.

Norm de Plume

I didn't care for the film. It was instantly forgettable.

marty888

(Well, at least you remembered that you saw it....)


I haven't heard of this one - but it sounds interesting. I'll keep an eye on the listings since they repeat a lot.

Norm de Plume

Good point What I meant was, it had no resonance for me.

SexyToad

I love this movie, and I've been obsessed with owning this it for a long time now, ever since my VHS copy was stolen. The onle place I've *ever* seen it on DVD is at [URL of likely bootleg removed. D-] and it's $40 plus shipping. Does anyone know of any other releases of it?

eiker_ir

Richard Malloy

Check out James Randi's book "FLIM-FLAM" for a thorough debunking of the "Cottingley Fairies" hoax (and what a sucker Arthur Conan Doyle turns out to be).

More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies

Shilex

wow, talk about thread resurrection. I don't even remember writing this thread five years ago.

movielib

I've read it. I've also read Randi's books on Uri Geller and Nostradamus. I've also met Randi and introduced him as a speaker at a convention. And I was able to spend quite a lot of time talking to him.

SexyToad

Wow, what happened to my post?? I wasn't aware that the release was a bootleg. I would have appreciated a reply instead. wow, jeeze. you guys suck.

Dead

You post was edited, which should be obvious from my addition of "[URL of likely bootleg removed. D-]". Given that the forum rules prohibit links to bootlegs (or suspected bootlegs), it was necessary to remove the link instead of making a reply about it.

The forum also has rules against personal attacks. So, please avoid them in the future.

Thanks.

RichC2

all I could think of as well.