{"id":7781,"date":"2010-02-17T19:38:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7781"},"modified":"2010-02-17T19:38:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T19:38:04","slug":"blu-ray-the-go-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/02\/17\/blu-ray-the-go-between\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray: The Go-Between"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Adapted from L.P Hartley\u2019s classic 1953 novel<\/a> exploring the loss of childhood innocence,\u00a0The Go-Between<\/a><\/strong> (1970)\u00a0was the third collaboration between director Joseph Losey<\/a> and writer Harold Pinter<\/a>, following The Servant<\/a> (1963) and Accident<\/a> (1967).<\/p>\n

Continuing their exploration of class and desire, it explores a middle-aged man (Michael Redgrave<\/a>) recalling a childhood summer at a country estate when, as a boy (Dominic Guard<\/a>), he became a messenger between an aristocratic woman (Julie Christie<\/a>) an a local farm worker (Alan Bates<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Beautifully filmed in the Norfolk<\/a> countryside, it transcends the period setting to become a powerful meditation on human relationships and the social rules which govern them.<\/p>\n

It is also a meditation on memory and the tricks it may or may not play on us, as the clever narrative gradually makes clear.<\/p>\n

Christie and Bates had previously starred together in Far From the Madding Crowd<\/a>, and there is a definite sense of melancholy here that can be found it the works of Thomas Hardy<\/a>, alongside the sharp jabs at the cruelties of the British class system.<\/p>\n

The period details and costumes are all excellent and the memorable, driving score by Michael LeGrand<\/a> adds an extra layer of emotion to the story.<\/p>\n

It won several BAFTAs, including one for Pinter’s screenplay, and was one of four films awarded a grand prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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The Blu-ray comes with the following extras:<\/p>\n