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Post by Del Boy on Apr 27, 2021 20:17:00 GMT
Talking Pictures TV are showing the wonderful “Look At Life” tonight at 7:45pm, the episode tonight is about Driving Test Tuition. This series of films gives a great insight into the everyday life in the 50’s and 60’s. There are a few shown over the next few days so remember to record them all These are great, thanks Stevo
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 1, 2021 15:19:39 GMT
The Party's Over (1965)
2 am on Sunday night (early Monday morning)
Anyone seen it?
I've watched clips after reading about it in an Ollie Read biography It had a terrible time at the hands of the British censors but this BFI article suggests it's pretty good... www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2a7f25That said, many people hate it and there are lots of one star reviews out there
Any advice from the most well informed forum on the net?
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Post by Arthur Pringle on May 1, 2021 18:26:14 GMT
I've seen bits of it but I don't think I've watched it all the way through, I found it a bit of a downer if I remember & lost interest in it. Sorry that's not much of a review is it ?
My feeling is that it's not as interesting/controversial as the reviews make out, from memory I think it was more on the exploitative side rather than genuinely shocking.
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Post by Three Litre on May 1, 2021 18:29:53 GMT
I've seen bits of it but I don't think I've watched it all the way through, I found it a bit of a downer if I remember & lost interest in it. Sorry that's not much of a review is it ?
My feeling is that it's not as interesting/controversial as the reviews make out, from memory I think it was more on the exploitative side rather than genuinely shocking.
So, it started badly and went downhill.
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Post by Vienna on May 2, 2021 18:07:50 GMT
I've seen bits of it but I don't think I've watched it all the way through, I found it a bit of a downer if I remember & lost interest in it. Sorry that's not much of a review is it ?
My feeling is that it's not as interesting/controversial as the reviews make out, from memory I think it was more on the exploitative side rather than genuinely shocking.
I can't remember if I have seen it either! Oliver Reed often appeared in these type of films in the sixties. However, I do remember it was released on Blu-ray as part of the BFI Flipside series a few years ago. Vi
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Post by Arthur Pringle on May 2, 2021 19:00:20 GMT
Yes Ollie Reed played juvenile delinquent types in a few 60's films like The Damned, The System & Paranoiac. I find him a bit of a one note actor to be honest.
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Post by Vienna on May 3, 2021 13:46:12 GMT
Yes Ollie Reed played juvenile delinquent types in a few 60's films like The Damned, The System & Paranoiac. I find him a bit of a one note actor to be honest. Yes Arthur, I would agree. I think those films you mention were all filmed quite close together in 1962 and 1963. The Party's Over went into production around 1963 as well. Vi
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Post by Arthur Pringle on May 3, 2021 14:00:49 GMT
I stayed up & watched 'The Party's Over', like a lot of films from this period it's not aged well, I think the 60's was such a period of social change that what once looked daring & dangerous, 'beatniks' smoking a lot & listening to jazz, now seems ridiculous. I found it a tedious watch with unlikeable & unrealistic characters spouting often pretentious dialogue.
The supposed controversy over scenes of 'necrophilia', unless the film was heavily cut, is completely unfounded as all that happens is a character giving a girl who he thinks has 'passed out' a kiss. After objections by the censor they were required to add a brief 'warning' voice over at the beginning of the film spoken by Oliver Reed about the dangers of being a 'beatnik only out for kicks'. Apparently the ending was also changed for a more upbeat one.
The censor John Tevelyan called the film 'unpleasant, tasteless & rather offensive', Leslie Haliwell called it 'tasteless & boring swinging London trash' & 'an unattractive display of moral squalour' which makes the film sound better than it is. I actually found it one of the worst 60's films I've seen & wouldn't recommend it.
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Post by Cartman on May 3, 2021 14:23:38 GMT
The best films of that era were the black and white ones, filmed in the north, such as A Kind of loving, Billy Liar, A taste of honey etc. I agree with Arthur that the "swinging London" stuff is a bit ridiculous. It was satirised by Austin Powers so much that it can't now be taken seriously.
I've always thought that this swinging 60s stuff happened to about 50 people, all of whom lived in West London and went on to work in the media.
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Post by Nightfly on May 3, 2021 16:50:24 GMT
The best films of that era were the black and white ones, filmed in the north, such as A Kind of loving, Billy Liar, A taste of honey etc. I agree with Arthur that the "swinging London" stuff is a bit ridiculous. It was satirised by Austin Powers so much that it can't now be taken seriously. I've always thought that this swinging 60s stuff happened to about 50 people, all of whom lived in West London and went on to work in the media. I think there was a North/South divide in British films of the 60s (with the exception of Up the Junction/Cathy Come Home) and I too preferred the Northern based dramas. Billy Liar (one of my favourites) is a great example where Billy is tempted by the bright lights and permissive society ways of London, only to realise it probably won't be all it seems. Incidentally, on my way to work I pass the hotel entrance where Billy gets the brush off from Danny Boone. The decor hasn't changed since it was filmed back in 62.
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