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Movie Reviews of Victim
Movie Review: gay rights back in the 50's????
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is as timely now.. or maybe even more so than when it was produced. This is a film about HUMAN rights really.
The right to exist openly, without fear of blackmail, shame, hatred.
It is told in such a compelling dynamic way. Any man would be compelled to watch this story build and be told. This is a story that shows what being a victim means... and, thankfully... what refusing to be a victim means as well. This isn't a poof movie, it's a gritty, serious, suspensful thriller that begs answer to the question...why is loving someone of the same gender a criminal offense? The crime is of our society, and our laws... not of the "victim". The shame is society's shame not of the "victim". This is a BRAVE movie...relevant for our times.. but so far ahead of it's day 50 years ago!!! Bravo.
Movie Review: Haunting and challenging film . magnificent!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the early sixties it's hard for you to get a film so brave like this one. Bogarde is a homosexual who lives in the closet.And this fact will be sparkling point , thrugh he'll be blackmailed .
In one of the excellent lines of this amazing script Bogarde staes: The fear is the oxygen of the extorsion.
Watch this brave film . Bogarde shows us he was an actor of depth and substance . After he would make The servant (see my review) where he would play a top notch performance under Joseph Losey' s direction. This movie may be well considered as the masterpiece of Basil Dearden.
And remind that Advise and consent , that unforgettable film of Otto Preminger deals with similar argument. Both of them belongs the same year.
Movie Review: Victim
Summary: 5 Stars
Basil Dearden's tense, gripping drama was daring for the time in addressing the victimization of closeted homosexuals by unscrupulous criminals. Bogarde is superb as Farr (no relation), and Sylvia Syms shines as his stoic wife. Extremely effective film helped launch a reform of laws against homosexual activity in England.Movie Review: great movie
Summary: 5 Stars
this is an excellent movie.
great story, great direction, and wonderful acting!!!!!
Movie Review: Controversial classic that's more than historically interesting
Summary: 4 Stars
Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde), a married and highly respected barrister on the verge of making QC, becomes embroiled in a homosexual blackmail plot when a youth he befriended is arrested and commits suicide. As Farr attempts to track down and expose the blackmailers, much to the distress of his secretly gay acquaintances and colleagues, Farr and his wife are forced to confront his own ambiguous sexuality... I hunted this film down because it came up time and again in reviews and discussions about "Brokeback Mountain" and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. It was apparently a pivotal moment in the history of British cinema, being the first movie to use the word "homosexual" let alone pitch an argument against Britain's anti-sodomy laws. That's all a bit irrelevant - almost comical - these days, and certainly no reason to bother watching this unless you're particularly interested in film history. What struck me, however, and what prompts me to recommend this film, is the way it still stands up as a dramatic thriller even today. It's beautifully paced, finely crafted in terms of shooting and editing, and the writing is marvellously fresh. It feels almost contemporary. The way the opening thirty minutes unfold are a short course in screenwriting: just enough information is revealed to keep you engaged, while enough is held back to make it intriguing. For the duration it remains true to the demands of a mystery plot. Never becoming just a social essay, it almost completely resists the urge to preach to the audience, notwithstanding the controversial topic. My only reservation is around the ending - Laura's final decision strikes me as both too needy and too generous to be quite credible. But overall this is an excellent film.