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richmondhill
28Nov11
Generally tight, if highly strung, character study which veers into melodrama towards the end and is rather too oblique on the homosexual subtext. Overall though, a sharply executed chamber piece on that perenially favourite topic of British cinema: class.
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Publius
15Oct11
I rented this from lovefilm on a whim and wasn't fussed about seeing it. Then I watched it and it instantly went into my top 10 most important British post-war movies, right up there with Mona Lisa, The Devils and others. On a superficial note, I wish I was Dirk Bogarde and had Sarah Miles as a girlfriend.
Pierluigi Puccini
13Oct10
Games of moral corruption, sexual appetites, blackmail, social class scaling, subjugation and conformism; to a certain extent all tabu themes of its time period, explored with subtle elegance and perfectly drawn tension. Hypnotic use of angles and lightning. powerful dramatic performances.
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Marcus Hart
21Apr10
One of my favorite thrillers of all time. The portrayal of role reversal and sexuality is top notch.
Hector Camero
18Mar10
Great performance by both Fox & Bogarde. It would be great if the film finishes when Bogarde & Miles leave Fox's house in the triumph of their love. I still haven't digged at all some parts of the rest, not because of them being bad, but the change of focus. Guess the decadence of Fox at the end doesn't fit the social realism of the first part, but still enjoyable and loyal to pure cinema in its cinematography.