LOVE IS ALL - DVD

Product Description

LOVE IS ALL (DVD)
A film by Kim Longinotto, with music by Richard Hawley

A hundred years of love and courtship on the silver screen, from the acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto with music by celebrated singer-songwriter-producer Richard Hawley

Love is All takes us on an exquisite journey through the twentieth century, exploring love and courtship in all of its shapes and sizes on the silver screen across decades of unprecedented social upheaval. From the first kisses caught on film, through the disruptions of war and on the birth of youth culture, free love and gay liberation we follow courting couples as they flirt at tea dances, kiss in the back row, shack up together and fight for their right to love whoever they choose.

This celluloid love letter is directed by Kim Longinotto (Divorce Iranian Style) and edited by Ollie Huddleston (From the Sea to the Land Beyond) using a selection of spellbinding footage from British archives, including the BFI National Archive and the Yorkshire Film Archive, all set to Richard Hawley's stunning soundtrack.

Special features

• Kim Longinotto Q&A (2015, 23 mins): the director in conversation with Duncan Grindall
• The Kiss in the Tunnel (G A Smith, 1899, 1 min): a moment of passion between two passengers
• The Kiss in the Tunnel (Riley Brothers, Bamforth and Company, 1899, 1 min): the same year's remake
• Quite Unfit for Females (Topical Budget, 1921, 1 min): reporting the FA's ban on women playing football
• Marriage of Miss Rose Carmel and Mr Solly Gershcowit (1925, 3 mins): capturing an East End wedding
• Hints and Hobbies No. 11 (The Pioneer Film Agency Ltd, 1926, 14 mins): handy tips and advice for ladies
• Some Skating Styles (Topical Budget, 1930, 1 min): footage of competitive and exhibition skating
• Fully illustrated booklet with director and composer statements, new essays, and full film credits

UK | 2014 | colour, and black and white | English language | 74 minutes | DVD9 | Mixed aspect ratios | Dolby Digital 2.0. (320kbps) | Cert 12 (contains brief moderate sex, brief drug use, infrequent discriminatory language) | Region 2 DVD

Review

'It might be enough to melt that sliver of ice in your sweetheart's heart.' --Time Out