Professor Oscar Collins becomes obsessed with model Penny Lane and her boyfriend, drilling holes in their chaotic apartment and engaging in daydreams and delusions.Professor Oscar Collins becomes obsessed with model Penny Lane and her boyfriend, drilling holes in their chaotic apartment and engaging in daydreams and delusions.Professor Oscar Collins becomes obsessed with model Penny Lane and her boyfriend, drilling holes in their chaotic apartment and engaging in daydreams and delusions.
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- TriviaWhen first approached to compose the movie's soundtrack, George Harrison replied "I don't know how to do music for films." When director Joe Massot promised to include whatever Harrison chose to write, Harrison accepted, composing songs as he was inspired by watching rushes of the unfinished movie, with the help of a stopwatch, to properly time the music to the scenes.
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Prof. Oscar Collins: [talking to his lab rats] Good night. Have a nice weekend.
- ConnectionsEdited into George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
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Written and Recorded by George Harrison
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Wonderful is the obvious but apt accolade for this strangely obscure little gem made literally at the peak of what became known as 'Swinging London' or more generally the 'Swinging Sixties'. It looks absolutely fabulous with superb costumes and stunning sets. As for locations, I eventually tracked down the reservoirs at West Molesey as the primary source with Beesborough being the primary one and I assume the associated pumping station was that used both for the workplace scenes and the later rather manic cycle machine scenes. I had never realised the close connection between the Beatles and Roman Polanski but writer Gerard Brach (Cul de Sac, What? Fearless Vampire Killers and the film under discussion) seems to have been the main link, although actor Ian Quarrier and director Joe Masot were apparently big on the 'scene' during 1967 and 1968. George Harrison made considerable contributions to British cinema of the time but his more extreme Indian influences to this soundtrack are probably the only let down. Fortunately director Massot has assembled an alternative cut of the film using the original Wonderwall sessions and this makes for a much more acceptable viewing. Jack MacGowran, much favoured by Samuel Beckett but also appeared in Cul de Sac and Fearless Vampire Killers, is perfect in the role of obsessive mad professor cum obsessive peeping tom. Which brings us to Jane Birkin, who doesn't do too much in this (she doesn't even speak) but is 1967/68 London personified. She has that 'look', she can wear those clothes (or not) and moves with a grace that almost takes the breath away. Something between a butterfly and a gazelle. she floats through the film seemingly effortlessly, her role simply to move about with or without clothes and to 'react' to others. Fab film that captures perfectly a moment in time.
- christopher-underwood
- Jan 20, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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