O Lucky Man! Lindsay Anderson 1973 1st and 12 similar items
O LUCKY MAN! LINDSAY ANDERSON 1973 1st Printing - Good
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Good |
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1973 |
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Vintage Paperbacks |
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Good |
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English |
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Other |
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Performing Arts |
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O Lucky Man! (An Original Screenplay) by Lindsay Anderson and David Sherwin. 1973 First Printing Paperback. Photos from Motion Picture. Good Condition
Title: O Lucky Man!, An Original Screenplay
Author: Lindsay Anderson
ISBN: None
Condition: Good
Comments: Rare first printing paperback. The basis for director Lindsay Anderson's 1973 cult motion picture starring Malcolm McDowell. Good condition. Cover has couple of normal reading creases. Text, photos clean, tight.
Binding: Paperback
DustJacket: None
Publisher: Plexus, London
Publication Date: 1973
Movie Picture Description:
Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the boundaries of cinema with an eclectic use of movies within movies, silent-film-style title cards, surreal fantasies, actors playing multiple parts, and a live soundtrack. Alan Price appears on screen singing several songs. In the lyrics to one song he sings, "Someone has to win in the human race, if it isn't you, then it has to be me," which is thematically linked to Mick's rise and fall in his career journey from lowly coffee salesman to assistant to Sir James Burgess (Ralph Richardson), the most evil man in the world.
This is a very fast-paced, wildly creative, cinematic tour-de-force that set the standard for expanding the boundaries of British cinema in the early 1970s. McDowell, who is on screen in almost every scene, keeps the bizarre situations from overwhelming the human emotions with a marvelously expressive performance. In the end, with a sly Zen message, Anderson tells us that in a crazy world we can only look within ourselves for a reason to smile.
Credits
Cast:
Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Malcolm McDowell, Rachel Roberts, Ralph Richardson
Editorial Reviews
Film Comment - Gavin Smith (09/01/2007)
Sight and Sound - Tim Lucas (01/01/2008)
Uncut - Alastair McKay (06/01/2008)
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