An Unflinching Eye - Richard Woolley Films - 4-DVD Box Set ( Illusive Crime / Telling Tales / Brothers and Sisters / Girl from the South / Kniephofstrasse / Drinnen und Draussen / Waiting for Alan )

An Unflinching Eye - Richard Woolley Films - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Illusive Crime / Telling Tales / Brothers and Sisters / Girl from the South / Kniephofstrasse / Drinnen und Draussen / Waiting for Alan
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Moscow International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
450 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1973 - 1988 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Richard Woolley

Written By:
Richard Woolley
Tammy Walker

Actors:
Andrew McCulloch
Colin Proctor
Amanda Reiss ..... Wife
James Woolley ..... Husband
Bridget Ashburn ..... Sheila Jones
Patricia Donovan ..... Mrs. Willoughby / Ingrid Roberts
Ian Masters ..... Doctor
Stephen Trafford ..... Bill Jones
James Wooley ..... Mr. Willoughby / Paul Roberts
Carolyn Pickles ..... Theresa Bennett / Jennifer Collins
Sam Dale ..... David Barratt
Robert East ..... James Barratt
Elizabeth Bennett ..... Sarah Barratt
Jenifer Armitage ..... Tricia Snow
Barry McCarthy ..... Pete Gibson
Barrie Shore ..... Helen Dawson
Norman Claridge ..... The Father
Mavis Pugh ..... The Mother
Fred Gaunt ..... The Detective
Nick Jensen ..... Constable
Jack Platts ..... Client
May Wray ..... 2nd Prostitute
David Theakston ..... 2nd Policeman
Nelson Fletcher ..... Winston
Mark Crowshaw ..... Ralph
Michelle Mulvany ..... Anne
Daphne Oxenford ..... Grandmother
Alan Thompson ..... Grandfather
Keith Weinstein ..... Lance
Richard Woolley
Theo Hardtman ..... Pianist
Wolfgang W. Mueller ..... Junge
Ulrike Pohl ..... Maedchen
Carolyn Pickles ..... Marcia
Anthony Schaeffer ..... Alan

Synopsis:

Between 1970 and 1988 British filmmaker Richard Woolley created a body of exciting and challenging work, variously seen in cinemas, on television and in international film festivals, but almost impossible to see since. These seven films have been collected together and will be released as a four-disc DVD box set by the BFI in March. Tackling controversial themes, such as class, race, sexuality and the human instinct for violence, Richard Woolley directed a number of radical and uncompromising films, which explore the ways we relate to, and ultimately destroy, one another even as we strive to develop the means to better understand and communicate with those around us. This collection offers the long-overdue opportunity to experience first hand the power of such extraordinary and unique films as: 1976's Illusive Crime, which caused outrage upon its release; Telling Tales, the much acclaimed soap-meets-Straub debut feature from 1978; 1981's controversial and critically-acclaimed Brothers and Sisters, set against a backdrop of Yorkshire Ripper-style murders; and Woolley's final film, Girl from the South (1988) which views black Britons through the prism of an interracial relationship.

Kniephofstrasse (1973, 35 mins): A complex but compelling formalist film, which investigates the relationship between sound and image.

Drinnen und Draussen / Inside and Outside (1974, 40 mins): An experimental narrative film exploring conformity in East and West Germany.

Illusive Crime (1976, 50 mins): An uncompromising, originally structured drama in which a violent sexual act is committed.

Telling Tales (1978, 90 mins): A deft interweaving of stories, set against backdrop of failing marriage, provides platform for dissection of class and gender roles.

Brothers and Sisters (1981, 96 mins): Radical politics meet alternative thriller in the story of a prostitute's murder in a Yorkshire city.

Waiting for Alan (1984, 45 mins): An unconventional, minutely observed domestic drama centred on ritualised boredom of a middle-class housewife.

Girl from the South (1988, 84 mins): Young girl from rich family falls in love with unemployed black boy and tries to persuade him they are equals.

This comprehensive 4-DVD collection finally sees the long-overdue release of the work of controversial British independent filmmaker Richard Woolley. In these stylistically and politically radical films Woolley explores themes of class and gender in contemporary society, and offers the viewer an uncompromising and thought-provoking perspective on the world around them. The films included here are Illusive Crime (1976), Telling Tales (1978), Brothers and Sisters (1981), Waiting for Alan (1984) and Girl from the South (1988). The collection also includes Woolley's experimental early short films and interviews with the director.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 May, 2011.

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