British Film Institute
Directed by Don Levy
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, BFI)
Frustrated writer Michael Gothard trashes his apartment with an axe when his landlady asks him to turn down the classical music. He wanders the streets of London, axe in tow, eventually talking his way into seeing a powerful advertising executive. He pitches the idea of a public suicide as a way of making a statement against all the wrongs he sees in modern society. He is seduced by the executive's secretary the night before the planned suicide and decides he has something to live for after all, until he finds out she was paid for it. His final act on a rooftop next to the dome of St. Paul's is unexpectedly interrupted. Audacious film incorporates experimental editing techniques and is visually stunning. However, director Levy unwisely chooses to use graphic slaughterhouse footage, ruining an otherwise thought provoking and highly original effort.
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