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Deep End

United Kingdom, West Germany

1970

88 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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SCR Jerzy Skolimowski, Boleslaw Sulik, Jerzy Gruza, Helmut Jedele

CAST John Moulder-Brown, Jane Asher, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sandford, Diana Dors

PROD DES Max Ott Jr., Anthony Pratt

SOUND Christian Schubert, Karsten Ullrich

Venice, San Francisco, Edinburgh (Perspectives), Karlovy Vary (Out of the Past), Athens (Special Screenings)

Synopsis

15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé. Mike becomes increasingly desperate to have Susan for himself, with tragic results. –IMDb

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Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski (born May 5, 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious Polish Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début Oko wykol (The Menacing Eye). He lived in Los Angeles where he painted in a figurative, expressionist mode and acted occasionally in films. More recently, he began dividing his time between the US and Poland and returned to film making as a writer and director after a 17 year hiatus with Four Nights With Anna (Cztery noce z Anna) in 2008.

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Ciprian Ailenei

27Jan13

I always thought chandeliers plotted to take over the world. Now I'm sure.

nicolas perge

10Jan13

Life should be like a Skolimowski movie, an experience of every senses!

Trolley Freak

5Sep12

Polish director Skolimowski captures a sense of dread at the end of the Swinging Sixties in much the same way as Cammell and Roeg did in Performance. An introverted young man gets a job at a run-down public baths where he meets a sexy co-worker. Her teasing provokes him to become infatuated but his emotional immaturity leads to a tragic climax. A very strange and disturbing erotic thriller, well worth checking out...

chanandre

4Sep12

Can <3

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Daily Briefing. Experimental Conversations 8

By David Hudson on January 21, 2012

Also: LA Observed and goings on in Chicago and Boston.

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Jerzy Skolimowski's "Deep End"

By David Hudson on December 15, 2011

Restored and revived earlier this year, Deep End sees a run at BAM in New York from Friday through Thursday.

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Finding Zen in Poland: An Interview with Jerzy Skolimowski

By Ben Sachs on June 29, 2011

The Jerzy Skolimowski retrospective currently touring the United States is re-introducing American audiences to one of the most free-spirited

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"The Cinema of Jerzy Skolimowski"

By David Hudson on June 12, 2011

Skolimowski at work, from the December 1968 issue of Films and Filming, via chained and perfumed. Jerzy Skolimowski's comeback as a director

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Éric Rohmer's "Le Rayon Vert" (and More)

By David Hudson on June 9, 2011

"Though Éric Rohmer's breakthrough film stateside was the lustrous black-and-white, winter-set My Night at Maud's (1969), the New Wave

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The Forgotten: Love's Young Dream

By David Cairns on June 9, 2011

With the voyeuristic Four Nights with Anna and the visceral, brutal, beautiful and nearly wordless Essential Killing, Jerzy Skolimowski can

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"Deep End," DVDs, More

By David Hudson on May 3, 2011

"It's not uncommon for movies to drop out of circulation and simply disappear, as fans of Deep End will attest," begins Ryan Gilbey in the

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[Update - Limited Edition News!] BFI Takes Us Off The DEEP END On Dual Format Blu-ray/DVD July 18th

By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011

[Update! BFI Flipside have announced something really special for their release of Deep End, a 3 disc edition that will be limited to 1,000 units. So check out the details below and get your pre-order

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DEEP END Blu-ray Review

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011

BFI Flipside:Newly employed at a run-down London swimming baths, Mike (John Moulder-Brown) obsesses over his sassy and self-assured co-worker (Jane Asher) whilst collecting tips for the ‘special services’

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In At The Deep End

By Fantastic Voyages on January 16, 2010

“If you can’t have the real thing – you do all kinds of unreal things.” Deep End kicks straight in with a splash of darkest red paint (or is it blood?) hitting the screen to the sound of Cat Stevens’… read review

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Deep End

United Kingdom, West Germany

1970

DIR Jerzy Skolimowski

EXEC Judd Bernard

PROD Helmut Jedele

SCR Jerzy Skolimowski, Boleslaw Sulik, Jerzy Gruza, Helmut Jedele

DP Charly Steinberger

CAST John Moulder-Brown, Jane Asher, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sandford, Diana Dors

ED Barrie Vince

PROD DES Max Ott Jr., Anthony Pratt

MUSIC Can, Cat Stevens

SOUND Christian Schubert, Karsten Ullrich

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