Bibliograph

The servant., Springbok Films ; Joseph Losey, director ; Harold Pinter, scripter, Blu-ray/Widescreen

Type

Label

The servant., Springbok Films ; Joseph Losey, director ; Harold Pinter, scripter, Blu-ray/Widescreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The servant.

Oclc number

1377222909

Responsibility statement

Springbok Films ; Joseph Losey, director ; Harold Pinter, scripter

Runtime

112

Series statement

The Criterion collection, 1182

Summary

The prolific, ever-provocative Joseph Losey, blacklisted from Hollywood and living in England, delivered a coolly modernist shock to the system of that nation's cinema with this mesmerizing dissection of class, sexuality, and power. A dissolute scion of the upper crust finds the seemingly perfect manservant to oversee his new London townhouse. But not all is as it seems, as traditional social hierarchies are gradually, disturbingly destabilized. Lustrously disorienting cinematography and a masterful script by playwright Harold Pinter merge in The Servant, a tour de force of mounting psychosexual menace

Technique

live action

resource.version

Blu-ray/Widescreen

Classification