Friday, 5 February 2016

All the Right Noises (1969 Rel. 1971, Gerry O'Hara & scr)

The title's something Tom Bell says to (very) young girlfriend Olivia Hussey about how he manages to get away with affair - by making all the right noises to his wife Judy Carne, so she doesn't suspect... Or does she? Film is quite thrillery, in a way (especially where the wife comes home early from an ad shoot in Mallorca).

Not quite sure why film took so long to be released - the same fate befell another Tony Gibbs edited at this time - Performance - he may have been getting somewhat pissed off. He gives us some of his trademark beautiful dissolves on a beach (it's becoming a lost art, I tell you). Shot nice and realistically by Gerry Fisher.

What happened to Olivia Hussey? She's remarkably fresh and natural, having been Juliet for Zeffirelli the year before. She seems to have ended up in Z grade films and TV. It's a good question. Bell and Carne also very believable, as is story.

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