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DVD006807

Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema. Vol 1

Multiple

BFI

Description:

DVD - Region 1.   viewing copy.   2 videodiscs of 2.

Notes:

As the 1960s beckoned, a new mood swept through Britain. With anger mounting at an out-of-touch establishment, the era was reflected on screen by the rise of Woodfall Films. Founding in 1958 by director Tony Richardson, writer John Osborne and producer Harry Saltzman, the company pioneered the British New Wave, defining a brand of social realism. In their films, working-class life was spotlit with unheard of honesty. From 1958 to 1984 Woodfall produced twenty award-winning and genre-defining films.

Titles

+ Look Back in Anger

Director:

Richardson, Tony

Production Co:

Woodfall Film Productions Ltd.

Running Time:

Feature.   95 minutes

Sound:

sound - PCM

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA, United Kingdom

Year:

1959

Language:

English language with optional English for hard-of-hearing subtitles

Genre:

Drama, Film Adaptation

Notes:

LOOK BACK IN ANGER opens with a scene set in a jazz club. Trumpeter Jimmy Porter - a disillusioned, college-educated bloke, raging against the Establishment - works by day on a sweet stall in the market. His downtrodden, middle-class wife suffers the brunt of his tirades, but when he vents his anger by having an affair with her best friend, it causes untold misery for everyone he knows. This is Tony Richardson’s feature debut and it spawned a new genre of British social-protest films. Supplemental materials include: THE STORIES THAT CHANGED BRITISH CINEMA (2018, 47 mins), a panel discussion featuring actors, writers, and the chair of BFI; GEORGE DEVINE MEMORIAL PLAY: LOOK BACK IN ANGER (1968, 16 mins), an extract from the play written by John Osborne; OSWALD MORRIS REMEMBERS WOODFALL (1993, 23 mins), notes from the cinematographer of the company; a trailer; and a stills gallery.

Link to:

FII catalog | AFI catalog

+ Entertainer, The

Director:

Richardson, Tony

Production Co:

Woodfall Film Productions Ltd.

Running Time:

Feature.   99 minutes

Sound:

sound - PCM

Color:

b/w

Country:

United Kingdom

Year:

1960

Language:

English language with optional English for hard-of-hearing subtitles

Genre:

Drama

Notes:

Laurence Oliver plays Archie Rice, a mediocre music hall artist upholding a dying tradition in an English seaside town. The seedy world that Archie Rice occupies could be seen to represent the general malaise of post-war Britain. Supplemental materials include: GEORGE DEVINE MEMORIAL PLAY: THE ENTERTAINER - SEQUENCE ONE (1968, 6 mins), an extract from the play written by John Osborne; GEORGE DEVINE MEMORIAL PLAY: THE ENTERTAINER - SEQUENCE TWO (1968, 5 mins), an extract from the play written by John Osborne; PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE MORECOMBE SEA FRONT (1901, 2 mins); PARADE ON WEST END PIER, MORECAMBE (1901, 2 mins); and PARADE ON WEST END PIER, MORECAMBE (2) (1901, 2 mins).

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Ten Bob in Winter

Director:

Reckord, Lloyd

Production Co:

British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund

Running Time:

Short.   12 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby

Color:

b/w

Country:

United Kingdom

Year:

1963

Language:

English language

Genre:

Drama

Notes:

The tribulations of a West Indian student during a work-less Christmas vacation.

+ O Dreamland

Director:

Anderson, Lindsay

Production Co:

Sequence Film; British Film Institute

Running Time:

Short.   12 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby

Color:

b/w

Country:

United Kingdom

Year:

1953

Language:

English language

Genre:

Documentary, Comedy

Notes:

Documentary on a famous amusement park, showing the irony of its manufactured fun.