Recent disks from England, part one
The latest Flipside release from the BFI, Bill Forsyth’s That Sinking Feeling, is like a cross between a gritty Ken Loach working class story and a Children’s Film Foundation fantasy of kid […]
Review: Privilege (1967)
Director: Peter Watkins
Cast: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, William Job, Max Bacon,
Paul Jones
Jean Shrimpton
Mark London
William Job
Max Bacon
Plot: Britain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter, receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly the entire population. Yet Shorter is not an autonomous performer -- he is little more than a puppet for the government, promoting whatever agenda they see fit. When a beautiful artist, Vanessa Ritchie, is commissioned to paint his portrait, she pushes Shorter to question his obedience to his manipulative handlers.
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