Saturday 30 August 2014

The Ipcress File (1965 Sidney J Furie)

Because I wanted to see the young Michael Caine (who's excellent) combined with his mate John Barry (a terrific, haunting theme, but a slightly disappointing score).

It's as though Furie has made the film with the strategy of trying to obscure the action with as many things as possible - in one hilariously OTT scene, he shoots over the shoulders which are the main part of the frame. Also a plethora of very low angles. It's all very amusing now, though Otto Heller's photography is outstanding, particularly in shots that really use the full width of the Panavision ratio, as evidenced here:

"Peekaboo!"

With Gordon Jackson, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman.


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