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Anti-Clock
''Anti-Clock'' is a 1979 science fiction film written and directed by Jane Arden (director), Jane Arden and co-directed by Jack Bond (director), Jack Bond. In the film, dreams are imaged in computerized video. The film, which stars Arden's son Sebastian Saville, was shot on film and video in colour with black and white sequences. It opened the 1979 London Film Festival, but was never picked up for British distribution: its only other public British screening was at the National Film Theatre in 1983 as a tribute to Jane Arden, who committed suicide at the end of the previous year. However, it had a modest theatrical release in the US, where it received considerable critical acclaim. Famed scientist Richard Feynman appears in the form of stock footage from his Messenger lectures on "The Character of Physical Law", and is credited as "The Physicist". ''Anti-Clock'', which relates closely in places to Jane Arden (director), Jane Arden's book ''You Don't Know What You Want, Do You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Arden (director)
Jane Arden (born Norah Patricia Morris; 29 October 1927 – 20 December 1982) was a British film director, actress, singer/songwriter and poet, who gained note in the 1950s. Born in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She started acting in the late 1940s and writing for stage and television in the 1950s. In the 1960s, she joined movements for feminism and anti-psychiatry. She wrote a screenplay for the film '' Separation'' (1967). In the late 1960s and 1970s, she wrote for experimental theatre, adapting one work as a self-directed film, ''The Other Side of the Underneath'' (1972). In 1978 she published a poetry book. Arden committed suicide in 1982. In 2009, her feature films '' Separation'' (1967), ''The Other Side of the Underneath'' (1972) and ''Anti-Clock'' (1979) were restored by the British Film Institute and released on DVD and Blu-ray. Her literary works are out of print. Early life and career Arden was born Norah Patricia Morris at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
