The Long Good Friday (Mackenzie, 1981): Garden Cinema, 8pm
Chicago Reader review:
By the early 80s the British film industry was profitably
turning away from the David Lean-Carol Reed “tradition of quality” to
find new life in grittier styles and subjects. This transposition of an
American gangster tragedy (complete with Christological references) to
London's West End doesn't quite have an American drive and assurance,
yet the film is fascinating for the culture gaps it opens. Bob Hoskins
gives a growly, charismatic performance as the kingpin brought low by
phantom forces over the course of an Easter weekend, and there's a
political theme that asserts itself with nicely rising force. With Helen
Mirren and Dave King; directed by John Mackenzie (1980).
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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