O Dreamland
Lindsay Anderson
1953 - Grande-Bretagne - Noir & Blanc - 12'
Photography : John Fletcher
Production : BFI
Distribution : BFI (fleur.buckley@bfi.org.uk, +44 (020) 7957 4709)
Lindsay Anderson
1953 - Grande-Bretagne - Noir & Blanc - 12'
O Dreamland manifests Anderson's distaste for the noisy vulgarity of Margate's Dreamland Fun Fair. A careful montage of images and natural sound recalls the seediness of the attractions as articulated by the mocking mechanical laughter of the dummy sailor. Inescapably, the merciless candid camera reflects the middle-class condescension to the working class, picturing them alternately as being exploited, or being complicit in their exploitation.
Photography : John Fletcher
Production : BFI
Distribution : BFI (fleur.buckley@bfi.org.uk, +44 (020) 7957 4709)