Long time coming

Rating: Null/10 (12 February 2011)

OK, I confess I haven't yet seen this film, but have no doubt about my joy at knowing that this story will reach a wider audience. I first read "The Long Walk" as a child of ten. How it was on the sparse bookshelves of a 1970's, 3 room, rural school I don't know. With its graphic depictions of the Gulags, deprivation and exodus The Long Walk was the first truly adult story I had read. The experience of the book led me to literature of political struggle and deeply influenced my approach to the rest of the world. Congratulations to all who nursed it into production, 50 odd years after it was written. Kudos to Peter Weir who I trust with the story and let's get to the cinema!