The Damned (Losey, 1962): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.40pm
This fascinating Joseph Losey film (which also screens on October 4th) is is part of the excellent Martin Scorsese's Hidden gems of British Cinema season at BFI Southbank. Details here.
Chicago Reader review:
Joseph Losey’s black-and-white SF thriller, made in 1962 during his
pre-Pinter British period, begins as a sort of love story—MacDonald
Carey is an American businessman who shows interest in Shirley Anne
Field and as a consequence gets beaten up by teddy boys led by Oliver
Reed—then gradually turns into an antinuclear parable about radioactive
children sequestered from humanity in an underground cave. Originally
titled The Damned, the film was mangled by distributors but later
restored for TV; more than an interesting curiosity, it’s one of
Losey’s best English efforts, and Viveca Lindfors contributes a striking
part as an eccentric sculptress.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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