Two films directed by Les Blair, LFS alumnus and current 2nd & 3rd Term Tutor, are screening as part of the Tony Garnett: Seeing Red Season at BFI Southbank
Sunday Jun 2, 2013 4.00pm
Law & Order: A Detective’s Tale
BBC 1978
Directed by Les Blair
With Derek Martin, Alan Ford, Roy Stone
Running time 80 min
One of four films that examined the legal system from different perspectives (alongside A Villain’s Tale, A Brief’s Tale and A Prisoner’s Tale). GF Newman’s script caused major controversy with its portrayal of a metropolitan police force in which corruption was ingrained in the culture of the institution. Derek Martin as Detective Inspector Parr is chilling in the casual way he accepts backhanders and uses threats to advance his cause. In style and content a million miles away from The Sweeney, it’s more akin to The Wire of it’s day.
Thursday Jun 6, 2013 8:30pm
Blooming Youth
Play for Today. BBC 1973
Directed by Les Blair
With Philip Jackson, Colin Higgins, Peter Kinley
Running time 70 min
Taking a risk on first-time director Blair, and his specific, improvisatory way of working, was typical of Garnett’s courage, and it would pay off handsomely in Blair’s later work. This account of everyday life in a student flat is now as much a slice of 70s anthropology as it is a fascinating portrait of the growing pains of youth and the power dynamics at work in any group. As such, it makes for a revealing comparison with This Life.
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