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Free Cinema (1985)

Free Cinema poster
Original title
Free Cinema, 1956 - ? An Essay on Film by Lindsay Anderson
Directed by
Lindsay Anderson
Genre
documentary, tv movie
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
54 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Lindsay Anderson made this documentary for British Film Year in 1985. It looks back at the Free Cinema movement he helped create while attacking the state of British cinema and the goals of British Film Year. The film is mordantly funny and very savage.

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