Sheila Keith – Frightmare (Pete Walker, 1974)
Posted: July 18, 2009 Filed under: British Cinema, European Cinema, Faces, Film Studies, Finding Words, PeteWalker | Tags: BF Taylor, British Cinema, European Cinema, Faces, Film Studies, Frightmare, From Robin Wood to Robin Askwith, Pete Walker, Sheila Keith, Words 2 Comments »
Sheila Keith’s presence here ensures that Frightmare will always be capable of bearing both a critical and an interpretative weight.
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Major Themes and Minor Movements Pt. 2
Posted: July 15, 2009 Filed under: British Cinema, Finding Words, PeteWalker, Robin Askwith | Tags: BF Taylor, Billy Liar, British Cinema, British New Wave, Confessions, Cool It Carol!, European Cinema, Faces, Film Studies, From Robin Wood to Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, John Schlesinger, Julie Christie, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith, Tom Courtenay, Words Leave a comment »Such an allegedly minor movement from where we are to where we want to be can become a major theme.
For Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie read Robin Askwith and Janet Lynn
Posted: July 13, 2009 Filed under: British Cinema, British New Wave, European Cinema, Faces, Finding Words, PeteWalker, Robin Askwith | Tags: Billy Liar, British Cinema, British New Wave, Faces, Film Studies, From Robin Wood to Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, Julie Christie, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith, Tom Courtenay, Words Leave a comment »
Exploring mobility and stasis, fantasy and reality Pete Walker’s Cool It Carol! shares a common purpose with Schlesinger’s Billy Liar.
Cool It Carol! (Pete Walker, 1970)
Posted: June 27, 2009 Filed under: British Cinema, Finding Words, PeteWalker | Tags: British Cinema, Cool It Carol!, Film Studies, From Robin Wood to Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith Leave a comment »
The reality of London differs from the fantasy they longed for. The dirty streets become the space between these poles.
