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Originally Posted by Jon T  Good that they are including his first short film, 'Amelia and the Angel'. |
It's not his first (
Peep Show, Knights on Bikes and the unfinished
Lourdes preceded it), but it's the one that made his reputation and got him a job at the BBC.
And it's a really delightful little film - I know £200 stretched a lot further in 1958 than it would now, but it's still a minuscule budget for a 30-minute short, and proof of Russell's ability to create visual miracles with next to no resources.