Spain’s safety priorities

REEL NEWS: You wouldn’t have thought that Spain, a country that still kills animals for popular entertainment, would be at home…

REEL NEWS:You wouldn't have thought that Spain, a country that still kills animals for popular entertainment, would be at home to health-and-safety paranoia. You'd be wrong.

The makers of Larry Crowne, that harmless comedy directed by Tom Hanks and starring Hanks and Julia Roberts, have been fined €30,000 for issuing a poster showing the stars riding a moped without wearing helmets. Yet the Pamplona bull runs still continue. At the risk of waking up Richard Littlejohn, you really couldn't make it up.

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke, a contributor to The Irish Times, is Chief Film Correspondent and a regular columnist