FILM CLIP FROM 'MR.TURNER' BY MIKE LEIGH (2014) <br /> <br />Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy, when the painters (all men) put the finishing touches to their work, now hung in position for the Annual Exhibition. <br /> <br />Turner (Timothy Spall) scuttles about, enjoying friendly banter with various colleagues. He shares a taciturn exchange with John Constable, whose ‘Opening of Waterloo Bridge’, all bright reds and scarlets, has been hung next to Turner’s predominantly grey seascape, ‘Helvoetsluys’. For a jape, Turner paints a startling red blob slap in the middle of his piece, and after a few minutes’ consideration by all present, culminating in Constable’s leaving in a huff, Turner returns to convert the red blob into a life-buoy. Much amusement all round. <br /> <br />MR. TURNER IS IN UK CINEMAS ON OCTOBER 31st <br />Written & directed by Mike Leigh
