Victim
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Anthony Nicholls, Dennis Price, Dirk Bogarde, Peter Copley, Sylvia Syms Director: Basil Dearden Brand: Image Entertainment Cinematographer: Otto Heller Producer: Basil Dearden Editor: John D. Guthridge Producer: Michael Relph Writer: Janet Green Writer: John McCormick DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.66:1 Running Time: 90 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Home Vision Entertainment |
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Movie Reviews of Victim
Movie Review: Great movie and a not-so-great transfer
Summary: 4 Stars
Here is a little-seen and underappreciated British gem, the story of a gay man and his very sympathetic wife, and of a law which apparently made being gay illegal at the time in England, around 1960 or so.
Dirk Bogarde investigates a series of blackmail plots involving other gay men who must pay money to a couple or else be revealed for who they truly are. "They're everywhere!" the female half of the couple says in disgust, unable to deal with the fact of gay people in the world. Sound familiar? Things haven't changed that much over the decades. It's to the filmmakers' credit that Bogarde is treated so sympathetically, as he too becomes a victim of the witch hunt. That he tried to become hetero by marrying a woman just goes to show how futile it is to deny one's true nature.
I took off one star just for the poor quality of the transfer. The use of shadows and lighting almost, but not quite, make up for this.