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Separation /

"Separation, scripted by and starring Jane Arden, concerns the inner life of a woman during a period of breakdown - marital, and possibly mental. Her past and (possible?) future are revealed through a fragmented but brilliantly achieved and often humorous narrative, in which dreams and desires...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arden, Jane (Author, Screenwriter, Actor)
Corporate Authors: Bond Films (Firm) (Producer), BFI Film and Video Distribution
Other Authors: Bond, Jack (Director, Producer), Boyle, Mark, 1934- (Director), Dunn, Sam (Producer), Gibson, Roma (Producer), De Keyser, David (Actor), Lynn, Ann (Actor), Quarrier, Iain (Actor)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:Soundtrack in English, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles in English.
Published: London : BFI, [2009]
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Mental illness > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Experimental films.
Surrealist films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"Separation, scripted by and starring Jane Arden, concerns the inner life of a woman during a period of breakdown - marital, and possibly mental. Her past and (possible?) future are revealed through a fragmented but brilliantly achieved and often humorous narrative, in which dreams and desires are as real as the 'swinging' London of the film's setting."--Back of container.
Item Description:Directors: Jane Arden, Jack Bond
"Disc production credits: producers, Sam Dunn and Roma Gibson."--Booklet's colophon.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Booklet (32 pages : col. ill.) with essays by William Fowler, Claire Monk, and Maria Walsh, biographies, and credits essays inserted in container.
Special features include trailers and a rare liquid light film (14 min.) Beyond image, directed by Mark Boyle, 1969.
"Feature:VFD32276; trailer:VFD32531."--Disc surface.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc, 1080; region-free; aspect ratio: 1.33:1; Dolby Digital; PCM mono audio sound.
Audience:British Board of Film Classification: 18 (Contains strong sex references and nudity).
Production Credits:Directors of photography, David Muir, Aubrey Dewar ; film editor, Michael Johns ; music, Stanley Myers, Matthew Fisher.