Sunday Bloody Sunday (Schlesinger, 1971): Prince Charles Cinema, 8.40pm
This is a Funeral Parade Queer Film Society screening. There are others here
Empire Magazine review:
Easily John
Schlesinger’s most personal film, this is a poignant study of the twin
perils of being British and lonely. Doctor Peter Finch and unemployment
advisor Glenda Jackson are so afraid of facing life alone that they
agree to share with caring but self-serving sculptor Murray Head.
Neither is that comfortable with the arrangement, but the anticipation
of stolen trysts dulls the pain of the interminable absences. But this
is not just about urbane socio-emotional compromise. Schlesinger
explores the impact on the middle-class of 1960s attitudes to sex and
class, while also taking swipes at the vulgarity of American culture. He
also elicits performances of great sensitivity from the Oscar-nominated
Jackson and Finch, who keep their passions buried beneath a hair-shirt
of civility.
David Parkinson
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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