--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > It's a great one--haunting, really. And way ahead of its time, > considering its themes: out-of-wedlock pregnancy, a black lover, a > homosexual friend, abusive parents, etc.
The Brits were way ahead of us on this sort of thing. There was a whole bunch of gritty British flicks featuring working-class characters that came out around that time. Several of them had been plays first--"Taste of Honey" was one. "Look Back in Anger" (Richard Burton, Claire Bloom) was another, as I recall. And "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" with Albert Finney--his second flick--and Rachel Roberts, with her great line, "I'll believe you, thousands wouldn't." Also "Room at the Top" with Lawrence Harvey and Simone Signoret.
