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Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden’s London Underground. After mastering the mix of comedy, suspense, and horror that helped define the golden age of British cinema, Basil Dearden (along with his producing partner Michael Relph) left the legendary Ealing Studios and struck out on his own.
Jan 25, 2011 · Veteran British director Basil Dearden shaped mid-20th-century English film with his prolific body of work--but upended everything after World War II and going independent. The amazing Criterion Collection set Basil Dearden's London Underground shows Dearden's fearless take on weary postwar London
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Jan 25, 2011 · Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden’s London Underground. By Michael Koresky. Essays —. Jan 25, 2011. Share. Sapphire: Inner City. Given his strikingly eclectic body of work, it’s not surprising that Basil Dearden has never become a household name—he’s too hard to pin down. Moving effortlessly among comedies, melodramas, and thrillers ...
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Criterion has done a wonderful job with the visual transfers for each film, presenting them in their original 1.66:1 aspect ratio. Sapphire, the only color film of the bunch, contains an amazing texture that pops when flourishes of red are juxtaposed with an overall dreary, monochromatic vision of London. The booming jazz band score trumpet and dru...
As with every Criterion Eclipse set, there are no extras to supplement the films, except for the aforementioned liner notes.
British auteur Basil Dearden pulled back the veil of his society’s outcasts, dismembering crippling social stigmas by highlighting their torment, humanity, and resolve for change.
Apr 23, 2024 · In the late fifties and early sixties, he created a series of gripping, groundbreaking, even controversial films that dealt with racism, homophobia, and the lingering effects of World War II, noir-tinged dramas that burrowed into corners of London rarely seen on-screen.
Mar 4, 2012 · A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Basil Dearden’s Victim. David Blakeslee. March 4, 2012. There are a few reasons that I could plausibly cite for choosing Victim, from Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden’s London Underground, for this week’s focus in my Journey through the Eclipse Series. For starters, Ryan, James and Travis recently ...
Feb 22, 2011 · Basil Dearden's London Underground - Eclipse Series 25. THE MOVIES: Basil Dearden is a name that is new to me, and so once again, Criterion's Eclipse Series has created a primer on a lesser-known filmmaker, putting together an intriguing boxed set that should provide an entertaining cinematic expedition for adventurous viewers.
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