Frank Clarke began writing the script for his film in 1981, working from his modest apartment in Toxteth, Liverpool. The story he envisioned was a working-class romance featuring two local girls from Kirkby who form relationships with Russian sailors visiting the Liverpool docks. Clarke aimed to weave a subtle political message into the narrative, reflecting… Continue reading ‘The film humanised Russians at a time when Rambo was killing them’: how we made Letter to Brezhnev