The Pleasure Garden
United Kingdom
1953
38 Min
Black and White
1.33:1
English
Director
James Broughton
James Broughton (November 10, 1913 – May 17, 1999) was an American poet, and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries.
A selected collection of his work, All: A James Broughton Reader, edited by Jack Foley, was released in 2007 by White Crane Books.—wikipedia
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Aguaespejo
19Mar13
Expecting dramatic tension & modern pleasures (ambiguity, cynicism) out of it and being frustrated is replicating the role of the Government Agent. What it does is represent beautifully a Weltansicht both in its story and in its filming, its flippant charm and fat fairy godmothers. A strange sensibility that is worthwhile to try to encounter on its own terms.
richmondhill
27Dec10
Whimsy let loose. It charms, maddens and engages in about equal measure, although it's as light as gossamer air and about as substantial.
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Award-winning & worth watching!
By Kd Calfee on January 28, 2013
Filmed in the United Kingdom in the ruins of The Crystal Palace Terraces, The Pleasure Garden is a playful and poetic ode to desire, and winner of the Prix de Fantasie Poétique at Cannes in 1954. Made… read review
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