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"When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture, and his motivations are revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity"--Con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daiches, Alan (Author)
Corporate Author: British Film Institute
Other Authors: Levy, Don, 1932-1987 (Director, Screenwriter, Producer), Quinn, James, 1919-2008 (Producer), Gothard, Michael, 1939-1992 (Actor), Licudi, Gabriella (Actor), Stephens, Peter, 1920-1972 (Actor), Paul, Antony, 1951- (Actor), Chin, Mona (Actor)
Format: Video DVD Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Published: London, England : BFI, [2011]
Edition:Dual format ed.
Series:BFI flipside ; 004.
Subjects:
Depressed persons > England > London > Drama.
Fame > Social aspects > Great Britain > Drama.
Suicide > Drama.
Experimental films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture, and his motivations are revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity"--Container.
Item Description:Includes feature film (143 min.) in two media versions: DVD and Blu-ray disc.
DVD and Blu-ray release of the 1967 motion picture.
Film lacks credits; statement of responsibility and acting and technical credits from booklet.
"VFD36565"--Disc label.
Booklet in English (31 pages ; ill.) with essays and original documentation inserted in container.
Special features: Interview with Don Levy (1973); Levy's student film Ten thousand talents (1960 ; 25 min.); Levy's experimental documentary Time is (1964 ; 29 min.); Five films (1967 ; 8 min.) featuring Levy's hypnotic experiments in film editing techniques.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD-9, PAL; aspect ratio: 1.78:1; Dolby Digital mono audio format.
Blu-ray disc; 1080p; original aspect ratio 1.33:1; PCM mono audio format; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:BBFC rating: 15; contains moderate sex and bloody images.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Keith Allams; editor, Don Levy.