Age of Innocence (1977)
(Ragtime Summer)
Country: GB/CAN
Technical: col 101m
Director: Alan Bridges
Cast: David Warner, Honor Blackman, Trudy Young
Synopsis:
A preparatory school outside Winnipeg in the 1920s is delighted with the cultured science teacher from England, until it comes to light that he has been imprisoned for being a conscientious objector. The womenfolk, however, harbour no such prejudice, and male intemperance leads to tragedy.
Review:
Familiar 'Bridgian' themes suffuse this gentle period film of simmering eroticism, and the character of the young boy recalls that of Dominic Guard in The Go-Between. Indeed some of the technical primitivism of that film plagues this one to its detriment: stilted dialogue, indifferent acting (except for Warner, always impressive), clunky editing, inapt music track, the list goes on. And yet, there is something touching about it that comes through nonetheless.
(Ragtime Summer)
Country: GB/CAN
Technical: col 101m
Director: Alan Bridges
Cast: David Warner, Honor Blackman, Trudy Young
Synopsis:
A preparatory school outside Winnipeg in the 1920s is delighted with the cultured science teacher from England, until it comes to light that he has been imprisoned for being a conscientious objector. The womenfolk, however, harbour no such prejudice, and male intemperance leads to tragedy.
Review:
Familiar 'Bridgian' themes suffuse this gentle period film of simmering eroticism, and the character of the young boy recalls that of Dominic Guard in The Go-Between. Indeed some of the technical primitivism of that film plagues this one to its detriment: stilted dialogue, indifferent acting (except for Warner, always impressive), clunky editing, inapt music track, the list goes on. And yet, there is something touching about it that comes through nonetheless.
(Ragtime Summer)
Country: GB/CAN
Technical: col 101m
Director: Alan Bridges
Cast: David Warner, Honor Blackman, Trudy Young
Synopsis:
A preparatory school outside Winnipeg in the 1920s is delighted with the cultured science teacher from England, until it comes to light that he has been imprisoned for being a conscientious objector. The womenfolk, however, harbour no such prejudice, and male intemperance leads to tragedy.
Review:
Familiar 'Bridgian' themes suffuse this gentle period film of simmering eroticism, and the character of the young boy recalls that of Dominic Guard in The Go-Between. Indeed some of the technical primitivism of that film plagues this one to its detriment: stilted dialogue, indifferent acting (except for Warner, always impressive), clunky editing, inapt music track, the list goes on. And yet, there is something touching about it that comes through nonetheless.