Directed by John Boorman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM Limited Edition Collection)
Marcello Mastroianni is a recluse living in a mansion he recently inherited from his father. He obsessively spies on his black neighbors who live in depressing row houses on a London street. He sees sickness, rape, attempted murder, hunger and other problems of the poor. He decides to help them, first anonymously, but later leaving his mansion and living among them. He leads them to anarchy and an attempt to take back his own mansion from his armed and defiant family members and employees. Well-intentioned but dated, filmed in a stream-of-consciousness style that is at times almost experimental, and a soundtrack by Fred Myrow and the Swingle Singers that suffers from similar shortcomings. However, this signaled the start of John Boorman's most interesting period, next up were Deliverance, Zardoz and the under appreciated Exorcist II: The Heretic.
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