Look Back in Anger (Blu-ray) Directed by Tony Richardson Shot by the great Oswald Morris (Fiddler on the Roof), Look Back in Anger opens with an extraordinary jazz-club scene. Trumpeter Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) - a disillusioned, college-educated bloke, raging against the establishment - works by day on a sweet stall in the market. His middle-class wife suffers the brunt of his tirades but when he vent his anger by having an affair with her best friend, the consequences prove far-reaching for all involved. Tony Richardson's feature debut is the epitome of the kitchen-sink drama that spawned a new genre of British films and heralded the liberated Swinging Sixties. Apposite for current times and still uncomfortably compelling, the film features an astonishing performance by Burton that earned him his second of six Golden Globe nominations. Special features The Stories that Changed British Cinema (2018, 47 mins): BFI panel discussion on Woodfall Films, featuring Rita Tushingham, Tom Courtenay and Joely Richardson George Devine Memorial Play: Look Back in Anger (1966, 17 mins): David Frost produced film, directed by Peter Whitehead, capturing a stage performance in memory of the late Royal Court director starring Kenneth Haigh as Jimmy Porter and Gary Raymond as Cliff Lewis Oswald Morris Remembers Woodfall (1993, 24 mins): the cinematographer reminisces about his time with Woodfall Ten Bob in Winter (1963, 12 mins): Lloyd Reckford's vignette of class tension and aspiration within London's Caribbean community Original theatrical trailer Stills gallery Illustrated booklet with writing by John Wyver, Michael Brooke and Nicolas Pillai, plus full film credits UK | 1959 | black and white | 99 minutes | English language with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | original aspect ratio 1.66:1 | BD50: 1080p, 24fps, PCM dual mono audio (48kHz/24-bit), region B |
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