Lord David Puttnam
Producer
Lord David Puttnam is a film producer and Labour politician whose successes as a producer include Bugsy Malone (1976) and Chariots of Fire (1981). In 1982 he received the BAFTA Michael Balcon award for his outstanding contribution to the British film industry.
Q1 Which one film would you wish to share with future generations?
Local Hero
UK 1983
Big Oil invades a Scottish fishing village in Ealing-like piece of whimsy.
I'll nominate one of my own films, Local Hero.
Why; because I'd be in a position to explain the political, environmental and social rationale of the film better than anything that I hadn't had a hand in creating.
It's also the case that the underlying environmental/energy exploration theme of the film is more relevant than ever. The film offers a wonderful opportunity to dwell on what we risk giving up in exchange for 'progress'.
It requires a (rich) obsessive to bring us to our senses!