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[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] praised the performance of Christie, but stated that the low budget hampered the portrayal of the degenerating city <ref> Variety (12/31/80) Memoirs of a Survivor - Staff review- Retrieved 8-26-19) https://variety.com/1980/film/reviews/memoirs-of-a-survivor-1200424945/</ref>. Christie won a Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actress for her performance. Experiential Conversations states that the movie takes an impressionistic approach to the material of the novel, stating that Christie is able to carry this curious and haunting film.<ref>http://www.experimentalconversations.com/review/6/</ref> |
[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] praised the performance of Christie, but stated that the low budget hampered the portrayal of the degenerating city <ref> Variety (12/31/80) Memoirs of a Survivor - Staff review- Retrieved 8-26-19) https://variety.com/1980/film/reviews/memoirs-of-a-survivor-1200424945/</ref>. Christie won a Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actress for her performance. Experiential Conversations states that the movie takes an impressionistic approach to the material of the novel, stating that Christie is able to carry this curious and haunting film. However, they state that the viewer must abandon trying to comprehend the literal meaning of the Victorian sequences, and instead accept the film on the whole as an immensely atmospheric mood piece.<ref>http://www.experimentalconversations.com/review/6/</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:31, 21 October 2019
| Memoirs of a Survivor | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | David Gladwell |
| Written by | David Gladwell Kerry Crabbe Doris Lessing |
| Produced by | Penny Clark Michael Medwin |
| Starring | Julie Christie |
| Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
| Edited by | Bill Shapter |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Memoirs of a Survivor is a 1981 British science fiction film directed by David Gladwell, with some scenes filmed at the location of Argyle Street, Norwich. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It is based on the novel of the same name by Doris Lessing. The film was scheduled to be released on DVD in June 2014 by Network Distributing.[2]
Plot
After an economic collapse in the near future, England lies in ruins. Middle aged D (Julie Christie) struggles to survive in the failing city, where electricity is infrequent, water delivery scarce and trash pick up non-existent. D takes in teenager Emily, allowing her to share D's apartment, in exchange for the girl's help.
Emily soon begins to fall for Gerald (Christopher Guard) and leaves D to move in with Gerald. Gerald operates a makeshift refugee camp for the orphan and homeless children in the city. D is able to see Gerald's failing whereas Emily can not.
In addition. D's reality is questioned as she can also travel back in time and observe a Victorian age family that resided in the same apartment. D may be witnessing the distorted history of the young woman currently in her care, as the child in the Victorian age is also named Emily, although whether these trips to the past are actually occurring or is a fantasy is the mind of D a question left unanswered.[3][4]
Cast
- Julie Christie – D
- Christopher Guard – Gerald
- Leonie Mellinger – Emily Mary Cartwright
- Debbie Hutchings – June
- Nigel Hawthorne – Victorian Father
- Pat Keen – Victorian Mother
- Georgina Griffiths – Victorian Emily
- Christopher Tsangarides – Victorian Son
- Mark Dignam – Newsvendor
- Alison Dowling – Janet White
- John Franklyn-Robbins – Prof. White
- Rowena Cooper – Mrs. White
- Barbara Hicks – Woman on Waste Ground
- John Comer – Man Delivering Emily
- Adrienne Byrne – Maureen
Reception
Variety praised the performance of Christie, but stated that the low budget hampered the portrayal of the degenerating city [5]. Christie won a Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actress for her performance. Experiential Conversations states that the movie takes an impressionistic approach to the material of the novel, stating that Christie is able to carry this curious and haunting film. However, they state that the viewer must abandon trying to comprehend the literal meaning of the Victorian sequences, and instead accept the film on the whole as an immensely atmospheric mood piece.[6]
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Memoirs of a Survivor". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ "Memoirs of a Survivor". Network Distributing. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ http://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/memoirs-of-a-survivor-1981.htm
- ^ https://variety.com/1980/film/reviews/memoirs-of-a-survivor-1200424945/
- ^ Variety (12/31/80) Memoirs of a Survivor - Staff review- Retrieved 8-26-19) https://variety.com/1980/film/reviews/memoirs-of-a-survivor-1200424945/
- ^ http://www.experimentalconversations.com/review/6/
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