Along with Che Guevara, Bob Marley is perhaps the most identifiable icon of the Twentieth Century. All the more ironic in that iconography runs counter to fundamental Christianity (and Islam), yet was the scriptural base of Marley's canon ; Kevin Mcdonald's film has enough ironies to appease the most ardent infidel.

Forum of Solitude

The Forum’s showing of Kevin Mcdonald’s Marley afforded welcome shelter from the coldest weekend of the summer (not to mention the predictable damp squib of the Diamond Jubilee).

Talking Heads

Mcdonald being an apparent substitute for Scorcese, my expectations were somewhat muted ; however my prejudices were

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