SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY [DUAL FORMAT] - BLU-RAY

Product Description

Sunday Bloody Sunday (Blu-ray)
Directed by John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger's brilliantly observed suburban drama finds a recent divorcée (Glenda Jackson) and a middle-aged Jewish doctor (Peter Finch) in a progressive love triangle with a bisexual artist (Murray Head). Both discover a new freedom with their young lover, as they confront the conventions that have defined their lives.

A penetrating portrait of middle-class mores and permissiveness in 1970s London, its depiction of bisexuality transformed LGBTQ+ representation on screen. Featuring BAFTA-winning performances by Finch and Jackson, Sunday Bloody Sunday is both a tender character study and a complex exploration of the politics of love, lust and longing.

Special features

• The Starfish (1950, 45 mins): supernatural fantasy made by John Schlesinger and Alan Cooke as students
• Sunday in the Park (1956, 15 mins): Schlesinger's short captures Londoners enjoying their day of rest
• Murray Head Remembers Sunday Bloody Sunday (2020): the musician and actor discusses his leading role
• Billy Williams Remembers Sunday Bloody Sunday (2020): the award-winning cameraman on working with Schlesinger
• The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson (1971, 14 mins): the actress talks about her performances, filmed on the set of Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Blood Donor: Glenda and Ernie (1981, 3 mins): a reluctant Glenda Jackson and a crafty Ernie Wise make a public-service appeal
• Interview with John Schlesinger (1977, audio, 105 mins): the director looks back over an illustrious career
• Feature commentary by Amy Simmons (2020): the author and critic on the film and its radical take on 1970s sexuality
• Image galleries: rare on-set shots by renowned photographer Michael Childers, plus promotional and press stills

UK | 1971 | colour | 110 minutes | English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | original aspect 1.66:1 |cert 15 | BD50: 1080p, 24fps, 2.0 PCM stereo/mono audio (48kHz/24-bit), region B

Review

'One of the peaks of British Cinema' --Phillip French, The Observer