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| Sunday Bloody Sunday
(1971) |
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110 minutes
Rated: R
Country: Great Britain
Studio: MGM
Cast: Glenda Jackson, Peter
Finch, Murray Head, Daniel Day-Lewis
Director: John Schlesinger
Screenwriter: Penelope Gilliatt
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Synopsis |
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sociologically astute drama about
the bisexual love triangle between
three characters navigating the
changing mores of the early-1970s
sexual revolution. Gay Jewish doctor
Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch) and
divorced working woman Alex Greville
(Glenda Jackson) are both involved
with the same man--the much younger
and rather self-absorbed bisexual
sculptor Bob Elkin (Murray Head).
Rather than keeping the simultaneous
affairs a secret, Bob has chosen to
make Daniel and Alex perfectly aware
of the other's existence, leading to
melancholy ruminations on the
shifting nature of love, sex, and
relationships in an increasingly
fractured British society.
Considered groundbreaking for its
frank depiction of homosexuality (as
well as featuring one of the first
onscreen same-sex kisses), the
film's nonjudgmental approach to its
characters' seething loneliness is
shaped by Penelope Gilliatt's
intelligent script, Schlesinger's
fluid direction, and the disarmingly
honest performances of its two
leads. |
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