{"product_id":"an-unflinching-eye-the-films-of-richard-woolley","title":"AN UNFLINCHING EYE: THE FILMS OF RICHARD WOOLLEY - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn Unflinching Eye: The Films of Richard Woolley (4 x DVD set)\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Richard Woolley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween 1970 and 1988 Richard Woolley created a body of exciting and challenging work that has remained almost impossible to see until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTackling controversial themes, such as class, race, sexuality and the human instinct for violence, Woolley directed a number of racial and uncompromising films, which explores the ways we relate to, and ultimately destroy, one another even as we strive to develop the means to better understand and communicate with those around us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection offers the long-overdue opportunity to experience first-hand the power of such extraordinary and unique films as: 1976's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIllusive Crime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which caused outrage upon its release; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTelling Tales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the much acclaimed soap-meets-Straub debut feature from 1978; 1981’s controversial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrothers and Sisters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, set against a backdrop of Yorkshire Ripper-style murders; and Woolley's final film, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGirl from the South\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1988) that views black Britons through the prism of an interracial relationship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExtras\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudio commentary on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrothers and Sisters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTelling Tales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: never-before-released audio commentaries by director Richard Woolley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKniephofstrasse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1973, 24 mins): complex but compelling formalist film, which investigates the relationship between sound and image\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrinnen und Draussen \/ Inside and Outside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1974, 34 mins): experimental narrative film exploring conformity in East and West Germany\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWaiting for Alan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1984, 42 mins): unconventional, minutely observed domestic drama centred on the ritualised boredom of a middle-class housewife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVideo interviews with Richard Woolley (79 mins total): spilt over 4 discs, Richard Woolley discusses his career and films\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOptional English hard-of-hearing subtitles on all four features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBooklet featuring an essay by Anthony Nield and Richard Woolley's article 'Writer as Director: a case study - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrothers and Sisters'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in the Screenwriters Research Network's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJournal of Screenwriting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Continuously interesting...formally adroit and persuasively acted' --Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600834515118,"sku":"BFIV2126","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/an-unflinching-eye-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409506","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/an-unflinching-eye-the-films-of-richard-woolley","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}