Permissive
A film by Lindsay Shonteff
When Suzy arrives in London to visit an old school friend, she is unwittingly plunged into the ruthless world of the ‘groupie’. Fuelled by sex, drugs and jealousy, her new lifestyle fosters in her a cold cynical instinct for survival. But tragedy is never far away. With its effective blend of gritty location work, brooding flash-forward devices, and a soundtrack by cult acid folk and prog rock legends Comus, Forever More – who also star – and Titus Groan, Permissive is a dark British countercultural artefact that is shot through with grim authenticity.
Format
Special features
- Original Permissive trailer.
- Bread (Stanley Long, 1971, 68 min): a rare film in which a group of friends decide to stage a music festival.
- Bread - mute outtakes (17 min).
- ‘Ave You Got a Male Assistant Please Miss? (Graham Jones, Jon Astley, 1973, 4 minutes): an entertaining sex education film.
- Extensive illustrated booklet with contributions by I Q Hunter, Lee Dorrian, and members of Comus.
Credits
Year
1970
Country
United Kingdom
Product information
Certificate
18
Colour
Colour
Subtitles
English for the hard-of-hearing
Original aspect ratio
1.33:1
DVD region
- 2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories
Blu-ray region
- B - Includes most European and Middle-Eastern countries, all of Africa, Australia and New Zealand
Catalogue number
BFIB1109