A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY ( 1968 )
A tortured artist and his partner and agent ( Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave respectively ) move to a large, isolated country villa. Once there, Nero?s nightmares continue, including his belief that the ghost of a young murdered Countess is plaguing his life.
This is a strange, quite extreme ( for the era ) movie, that bombards you with lots of ?is it real or not? scenarios. Bizarre, compelling and very much one of those ? only could have been made in the late Sixties ? films.
GOT IT MADE ( 1974 )
A well to do young woman ( Lalla Ward ) starts getting the wedding jitters in this rarely seen UK drama.
Very hard to find, the film finally ( and unexpectedly! ) showed up recently on Together TV, in a pretty ropey ( but watchable ) print. And…its not very good.
It?s all a bit disjointed, events seem to go nowhere and the whole thing is a bit coy for the era, apart from a blink and you?ll miss it shot from Ms Ward. Plus, a few laughably clunky nude inserts from people who are quite clearly not the actors involved - all filmed in shadows, with hands over faces etc.
Still, if you are a fan of Ms Ward ( who is pretty much in every scene ) you?ll probably love it anyway!
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