Joseph Losey at the bfi
Dirk Bogarde, James Fox in The Servant (top); The Damned (bottom)
"Among the greatest things that happened to British cinema were the arrival on our shores of the Korda brothers in the 30s, Losey in the 50s and Kubrick in the 60s," reads the introduction to an upcoming Joseph Losey series, which runs June 1-July 23 at the bfi Southbank in London.
The Wisconsin-born (on Jan. 14, 1909) Ivy Leage-educated Losey became a political refugee following the post-World War II anti-Red hysteria. He fled to Britain where he would remain for the next three decades until his death in 1984.
The most curious thing about the bfi series is an omission: The Go-Between (1971), a scathing attack on social mores [...]
by Andre Soares | May 29, 2009
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Tags: bfi, British Film Institute, Classic Movies, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Losey, London Screenings, The Damned, The Servant
