Movie Time

Question of the week: In celebration of the upcoming London Film Festival, can you recommend a British-based literary adaptation film?

"‘The Company of Wolves'. Adapted from Angela Carter’s collection of short stories, ‘The Bloody Chamber’, this 80s classic managed to push the envelope from within a genre of fantastical horror that, up until its release, had arguably been suffering from stagnation & stereotype. Directed by Neil Jordan (Michael Collins, Interview With The Vampire etc.) it’s rife with symbolism, suggestion and some gloriously non-CG effects and manages to weave a series of counter-plots that reflect Carter’s inimitable use of layered storytelling. Incidentally, the cast reads like a Who’s Who of future and formative stars from both the mainstream (Terence Stamp as the Devil) to the underground (seminal avant-goth experimentalist Danielle Dax as a child She-Wolf). Leave your gritty realism at the door and enjoy some heady escapism from the yester-decade."- Hal

(The DVD is now on order for the LUP Library)

* Photo by Cpt, used under Creative Commons, with thanks.