Talking to my dad about what he has been reading on fourms recently,I got told about a movie starring Cilla Black,which he was told is unavailable anywhere.Recognising the title,I spoke to a DVD seller a few days before my dads birthday,and was thrilled to find the film,which led to me going to work.
The plot:
Whilst everyone else in town works at the high-tech DICE Corporation, Valentine Brose is determined to be his own boss,and to grow psychedelic mushrooms. Uncomfortable with the invasion of privacy and the number of jobs that DICE's machines are taking,Brose decides to take the town on a trip.
View on the film:
Spinning on a psychedelic trip adapting Henry Livings's play, Jeremy Brooks intriguingly grows the film towards current issues such as high-tech invasion of privacy and the loss of jobs to machines. Keeping the ground under Brose's feet constantly moving,director Peter Hall & Dr.Strangelove/Star Wars cinematographer Gilbert Taylor trip the psychedelic flashes into delightful Sci-Fi,with DICE being filled with chunky robots and endless beeping warnings.
Presenting the flick as a mood piece,Hall and Taylor keep Brose's head spinning with circling camera moves gliding on the yellow and white psychedelic.Joined by a debuting Elizabeth Spriggs, Cilla Black gives a very good performance as Betty Dorrick,with Black giving Dorrick's romance with Browse an off-beat feel. Joined by a classy John Steiner, David Warner gives a terrific performance as Brose,thanks to Warner pinning his mischievous nature with a sinister undertone,as Browse goes to work.
The plot:
Whilst everyone else in town works at the high-tech DICE Corporation, Valentine Brose is determined to be his own boss,and to grow psychedelic mushrooms. Uncomfortable with the invasion of privacy and the number of jobs that DICE's machines are taking,Brose decides to take the town on a trip.
View on the film:
Spinning on a psychedelic trip adapting Henry Livings's play, Jeremy Brooks intriguingly grows the film towards current issues such as high-tech invasion of privacy and the loss of jobs to machines. Keeping the ground under Brose's feet constantly moving,director Peter Hall & Dr.Strangelove/Star Wars cinematographer Gilbert Taylor trip the psychedelic flashes into delightful Sci-Fi,with DICE being filled with chunky robots and endless beeping warnings.
Presenting the flick as a mood piece,Hall and Taylor keep Brose's head spinning with circling camera moves gliding on the yellow and white psychedelic.Joined by a debuting Elizabeth Spriggs, Cilla Black gives a very good performance as Betty Dorrick,with Black giving Dorrick's romance with Browse an off-beat feel. Joined by a classy John Steiner, David Warner gives a terrific performance as Brose,thanks to Warner pinning his mischievous nature with a sinister undertone,as Browse goes to work.