The Loveless (Bigelow/Montgomery, 1981): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.20pm
This presentation, also screening on February 20th, is part of the Kathryn Bigelow season at BFI Southbank. Full details here.Time Out review:
'Man, I was what you call ragged... I knew
I was gonna hell in a breadbasket' intones the hero in the great
opening moments of The Loveless,
and as he zips up and bikes out, it's clear that this is one of the
most original American independents in years: a bike movie which
celebrates the '50s through '80s eyes. Where earlier bike films like The
Wild One were forced to concentrate on plot, The Loveless deliberately
slips its story into the background in order to linger over all the
latent erotic material of the period that other films could only hint at
in their posters. Zips and sunglasses and leather form the basis of a
cool and stylish dream of sexual self-destruction, matched by a Robert Gordon
score which exaggerates the sexual aspects of '50s music. At times the
perversely slow beat of each scene can irritate, but that's a reasonable
price for the film's super-saturated atmosphere.
David Thompson
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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