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Post-Apocalyptic Denial , 12 April 2011
  • The Bed Sitting Room
  • The Bed Sitting Room on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Rita Tushingham,  Ralph Richardson,  Peter Cook
    Director: Richard Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A film I thought I'd dreamt as a Kid. A huge follower of Spike Milligan's in my youth, I seemed to grow out of it. And, Spike's dated-and-contradictory depictions of race and sex have diminished some of his comedy, though not his standing. I watched this fabulous vision of Spike and Blumenthal's early Sixties play with trepidation, yet it proved as genuine and effective as it had in my childhood. It is an absurdist work. We are not used to what 'absurdist' means nowadays. It's not just Surrealism, it's not so simple as nonsense - it is away of dealing with Reality that is closer to manner in which the brain, memory and thought function. The play does away with all the restraints of fact, of conventional telling, nothing need be really explained within a 'realistic' context. In many ways, it is a series of images and sight gags. It's certainly about denial, about sanity and what that is (a structure of myriad insanities). It's simple and fun, it's drifting and careless in its beauty. I imagine that on stage this play would've felt physically dangerous and radical to its audience - we sail like Pete and Dud through the film in the basket of a deflating balloon. I did dream this film. as a kid and again the other day.   1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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