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Lunch Hour
A Film by James Hill
Shirley Anne Field gives a fiery performance as a young designer on the brink of starting an affair with a married male supervisor (Robert Stephens) at the wallpaper factory where she works. Based on the play by acclaimed writer John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey), Lunch Hour is directed by James Hill (Black Beauty, Born Free). With its tightly-focused plot and real-time narrative this stylish examination of an illicit lunch-hour rendezvous features an underlying sexual radicalism that tells us much about the time in which it was made.
Also presented here are three of James Hill s critically acclaimed and fondly remembered short films, all of which have more recently garnered an appreciative fan-base amongst enthusiasts of so-called Trade Test films (which were broadcast, to test the then-new colour transmission system, by BBC TV engineers during the 60s and 70s).
Extra Features:
- Dual Format Edition: includes both Blu-ray and the DVD versions of the main feature and extras
- All films newly remastered using materials preserved in the BFI National Archive
- Skyhook (James Hill, 1958, 17 mins): Sumptuous colour documentary film
- Giuseppina (James Hill 1959, 32 mins): Academy Award® winner for Best Documentary Short Subject
- The Home-Made Car (James Hill, 1963, 28 mins): Fondly-remembered and hugely entertaining short film
- Fully illustrated booklet features newly commissioned sleeve notes
- Latest entry into the BFI s hugely successful, and universally praised Flipside series
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United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Linear PCM ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Booklet, Interactive Menu, Remastered, Scene Access, Short Film, SYNOPSIS: Shirley Anne Field gives a fiery performance as a young designer on the brink of starting an affair with a married male supervisor (Robert Stephens) at the wallpaper factory where she works. Based on the play by acclaimed writer John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey) Lunch Hour is directed by James Hill (Black Beauty, Born Free). With a tightly-focussed plot telling the story of an illicit lunch-hour rendezvous in 'real time', this is a stylish and highly enjoyable story of subterfuge, simmering tensions and sexual conflict. Also presented here are three of James Hill's acclaimed and fondly remembered short films, all of which have more recently garnered an appreciative fanbase amongst enthusiasts of so-called Trade Test films (which were broadcast to test the then-new colour transmission system by BBC TV engineers during the 60s and 70s). ...Lunch Hour (Blu-Ray)
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Jess Milne
Format:Blu-ray
I have to admit I had never heard of this film. It was enjoyable as far as it went. It was really a tv play type item on film.I homed in on the 3 support items...... the 3 short films hill made for BP.Im old enough to remember them,especially the home made car, being used as trade test films.The presentation of the 3 items is first class,sharp images spot on colour and I enjoyed a good nostalgia wallow.Thanks again to the BFI for making these items available.If the BFI has the copyright to any more of these items they have at least one sale guaranteed along with a bluray of A TASTE OF HONEY please!!!!
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Now Zoltan
Format:Blu-ray
What we have here are one short (63min) movie and 3 short films made by BP back when they could still sell the myth of a benevolent big cuddly company. All features directed by James Hill.
Lunch Hour, the main attraction, seemed like a spoof to me - imagine Harry Enfield doing an awfully English Last Tango in Paris - all bad teeth, cups of tea, irritating landladies and absolutely no sex. The only use for butter here would be on a stale scone. It's OK with some funny moments. the dragon waitress being my favourite ('halibuts off') but I was grateful it wasn't longer which tells you something. The shorts are all in vivid colour and look amazing. The Home Made Car is the best - engaging whimsy that stays just the right side of sickly - an enjoyable half hour. Skyhook is an educational type of mini doc which shows BP setting up a drilling op in Papua New Guinea. Shots of terrified animals fleeing as trees are felled and land blasted are presented as humorous - how times have changed. The third, the Italian set Giuseppina, apparently won an Oscar, I found it pretty disposible but what do I know. As usual the booklet is attractive and the overall package, although probably more 3.5 than 4 stars, is definitely worth picking up.
Lunch Hour, the main attraction, seemed like a spoof to me - imagine Harry Enfield doing an awfully English Last Tango in Paris - all bad teeth, cups of tea, irritating landladies and absolutely no sex. The only use for butter here would be on a stale scone. It's OK with some funny moments. the dragon waitress being my favourite ('halibuts off') but I was grateful it wasn't longer which tells you something. The shorts are all in vivid colour and look amazing. The Home Made Car is the best - engaging whimsy that stays just the right side of sickly - an enjoyable half hour. Skyhook is an educational type of mini doc which shows BP setting up a drilling op in Papua New Guinea. Shots of terrified animals fleeing as trees are felled and land blasted are presented as humorous - how times have changed. The third, the Italian set Giuseppina, apparently won an Oscar, I found it pretty disposible but what do I know. As usual the booklet is attractive and the overall package, although probably more 3.5 than 4 stars, is definitely worth picking up.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By AP LYONS
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Good to see the BBC2 trade test colour films The home made car and Guisepina again. A eal blast from the past.
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