Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
Country: GB
Technical: col 110m
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head
Synopsis:
Well-to-do London at a time of great economic uncertainty: an installation artist divides his time between a single woman office worker and a homosexual Jewish doctor. The woman ultimately cannot accept the terms and breaks the relationship; the doctor is prepared to settle for little, but the young man leaves to follow up a work opportunity in the States.
Review:
This fascinating time capsule was one of the few intelligent things being made in Britain at the turn of the seventies. It shows the nation on the cusp from the leftovers of the generation that lived through the war to those that had grown up after it, for whom personal fulfilment was a desirable and seemingly attainable objective for all. It juxtaposes one character who essentially lives only for himself, a narcissist and a cypher, with two others who share his affections in a negotiated sort of way. Interestingly, it is the younger of the two who cannot hack it and demands exclusivity; possibly something to do with the homosexual's traditional accommodation of impermanent relationships? Forty years on it shocks how far some took the new freedoms, in bringing up kids as well as promiscuity, and the performances still ring true.
Country: GB
Technical: col 110m
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head
Synopsis:
Well-to-do London at a time of great economic uncertainty: an installation artist divides his time between a single woman office worker and a homosexual Jewish doctor. The woman ultimately cannot accept the terms and breaks the relationship; the doctor is prepared to settle for little, but the young man leaves to follow up a work opportunity in the States.
Review:
This fascinating time capsule was one of the few intelligent things being made in Britain at the turn of the seventies. It shows the nation on the cusp from the leftovers of the generation that lived through the war to those that had grown up after it, for whom personal fulfilment was a desirable and seemingly attainable objective for all. It juxtaposes one character who essentially lives only for himself, a narcissist and a cypher, with two others who share his affections in a negotiated sort of way. Interestingly, it is the younger of the two who cannot hack it and demands exclusivity; possibly something to do with the homosexual's traditional accommodation of impermanent relationships? Forty years on it shocks how far some took the new freedoms, in bringing up kids as well as promiscuity, and the performances still ring true.
Country: GB
Technical: col 110m
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head
Synopsis:
Well-to-do London at a time of great economic uncertainty: an installation artist divides his time between a single woman office worker and a homosexual Jewish doctor. The woman ultimately cannot accept the terms and breaks the relationship; the doctor is prepared to settle for little, but the young man leaves to follow up a work opportunity in the States.
Review:
This fascinating time capsule was one of the few intelligent things being made in Britain at the turn of the seventies. It shows the nation on the cusp from the leftovers of the generation that lived through the war to those that had grown up after it, for whom personal fulfilment was a desirable and seemingly attainable objective for all. It juxtaposes one character who essentially lives only for himself, a narcissist and a cypher, with two others who share his affections in a negotiated sort of way. Interestingly, it is the younger of the two who cannot hack it and demands exclusivity; possibly something to do with the homosexual's traditional accommodation of impermanent relationships? Forty years on it shocks how far some took the new freedoms, in bringing up kids as well as promiscuity, and the performances still ring true.