Requiem for a Village
A film by David Gladwell
The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard, in this extraordinary, little-seen film from David Gladwell. Although best known for his celebrated work as editor on Lindsay Anderson’s If…. and O Lucky Man!, Gladwell has, until now, rarely been recognised as the director of a number of groundbreaking films.
Format
Special features
- Presented in both high definition and standard definition.
- A Summer Discord (Gladwell, 1955, 17 min, silent): a visionary drama centre around a young girl’s argument with her mother.
- Miss Thompson Goes Shopping (Gladwell, 1958, 23 min): a sensitive and inventive portrait of an elderly lady’s shopping trip.
- The Great Steam Fair (David Gladwell, Derrick Knight, 1964, 18 min): an assured, lyrical example of Gladwell’s extensive work as editor and director of documentary shorts.
- An Untitled Film (Gladwell, 1964, 9 min): an extraordinary piece of film art, exploring the power, beauty and violence contained in a single moment of time.
- Booklet, illustrated with Gladwell’s recent paintings, featuring essays by filmmaker Elizabeth Sussex, Rob Young and William Fowler.
Credits
Year
1975
Country
United Kingdom
Product information
Certificate
18
Colour
Colour
Subtitles
English for the hard-of-hearing
Original aspect ratio
1.33:1e
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
BFIB1096