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Wounded criminal Dickie (Lionel Stander) and his dying partner are on the run after an unsuccessful heist. They take refuge at a beachfront castle owned by George and Teresa (Donald Pleasence and Françoise Dorléac), who at first are unwilling hosts to the criminals. Dickie has no difficulty dominating the weak-willed George and his compliant wife and holds them hostage in their own home as they wait for the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Kattlebach. Teresa proves more resourceful than her husband as they try to come up with a plan for escaping their captor. Extensive extras include Making Of Featurette , Stills Gallery, Trailer & Roman Polanski South Bank Show Excerpt
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I saw this film back when knee high to a grasshopper in the 1970's, and again recently as part of a boxed set, rather then this single DVD (on whose quality I cannot comment). As great now, as then. Shot in black and white, a surreal setting, a surreal set of characters, and a plausible story. The product synopsis gives you the bare bones of the film, but if you enjoy Polanski - and love him or hate him, his films have added a lot to film making - you will enjoy this. If you need a Hollywood blockbuster or made for TV movie type of film, or prefer visual to psychological action, then look elsewhere.
I first watched this movie back in 1988 on channel 4 one evening.
At the time I was reading Stephen Kings - The Shining and put the
book down for a ten minute break. Upon the opening titles of
CUL-DE-SAC I quickly became engrossed in this fantastic b&w movie.
From this moment I had the need to visit the movie location of
Holy Island on the Northumberland coast. Ten years later in 1998
I visited Holy Island for the first time and climbed the very stone
staircase that Lionel Stander climbed back in 1966. I really feel that
Polanski managed to capture the sense of isolation on this tidal island
very well and although dialogue is limited during the movie, one can sense
the amounting tension. I highly recommend this movie to any b&w movie fans
and those wishing to sample an early Polanski classic.
At the time I was reading Stephen Kings - The Shining and put the
book down for a ten minute break. Upon the opening titles of
CUL-DE-SAC I quickly became engrossed in this fantastic b&w movie.
From this moment I had the need to visit the movie location of
Holy Island on the Northumberland coast. Ten years later in 1998
I visited Holy Island for the first time and climbed the very stone
staircase that Lionel Stander climbed back in 1966. I really feel that
Polanski managed to capture the sense of isolation on this tidal island
very well and although dialogue is limited during the movie, one can sense
the amounting tension. I highly recommend this movie to any b&w movie fans
and those wishing to sample an early Polanski classic.
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