Figures in a Landscape (Losey, 1970): Barbican Cinema, 6.50pm
Barbican introduction: Stripped of conventional narrative details, Joseph Losey's Figures in a Landscape has no backstory, no clear motivation, and no explanation for who’s chasing the convicts. The film plunges the viewer into a world defined by ambiguity and tension, creating a persistent atmosphere of dread and paranoia that transforms the cat-and-mouse pursuit into a haunting meditation on surveillance, power, and the fragile nature of human freedom under invisible control. Selected by North American artist Lucy Raven to accompany her exhibition Rounds, Losey’s portrayal of vast, impersonal landscapes, seen through the unblinking eye of the helicopter, offers a stark counterpoint to Raven’s own explorations of land, space, and the material scars left by extractive industry.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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