Karel Reisz

[julian_craster]

Karel Reisz Remembered



For full article, see:

London Review of Books:

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n24/mult03_.html



Excerpt:



<< Karel was asked once to do one of the Star Wars pictures, which

technically he could've done with his left hand. But he didn't want to go

there. The idea of doing something emotionally inert just for the technical exercise

wasn't for Karel. Whether it was Alex Freed in The Gambler or Meryl Streep's

character in The French Lieutenant's Woman, Karel wouldn't allow those

characters to let him down. I always think his view of things was

essentially about freedom: the Albert Finney character at the end of

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, or the gambler being paralysed by his

obsession. How do you find your freedom in the middle of paralysis? The day

Karel's life changed, from one universe to the other, when he was 12 years

old, was all about that: how do you survive when all the rules change

suddenly?>>

[stevie boy]

Thanks for that, excellent. He seemed as good in private as he was in public life. Saturday Night & Sunday Morning is a good film to start with in the subject of Karel Reisz. Good locations,acting,dialogue,music and a rawness that will be forever there.