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The ground-breaking first feature from the director of Orlando and The Tango Lesson, The Gold Diggers is a key film of early Eighties feminist cinema. Made with an all-woman crew, featuring stunning photography by Babette Magolte and a score by Lindsay Cooper it embraces a radical and experimental narrative structure.
Celeste (Colette Laffont) is a computer clerk in a bank who becomes fascinated by the relationship between gold and power. Ruby (Julie Christie) is an enigmatic film star in quest of her childhood, her memories and the truth about her own identity. As their paths cross they come to sense that there could be a link between the male struggle for economic supremacy and the female ideal of mysterious but impotent beauty.
Extra Features:
- Five early works by Sally Potter:
- Jerk (1969, 2 minutes)
- Play (1970, 5 minutes)
- hors doeuvres (1971, 10 minutes)
- Thriller (1979, 32 minutes)
- The London Story (1986, 16 minutes)
- Downloadable PDF files: letters by Sally Potter and Julie Christie; extracts from the original script; original press pack; NFT programme notes by Sally Potter for The Gold Diggers season in 1984 and more.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Black & White, Booklet, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Short Film, SYNOPSIS: The first feature from Sally Potter, the director of Orlando, The Tango Lesson and The Man Who Cried, is a key film of early Eighties feminist cinema, embracing a radical, experimental structure and made with an all-woman crew. Colette (Colette Laffont), a black French woman working in the City, as a computer operator at a bank, begins to investigate the significance of the figures she copies, despite discouragement from her male bosses, and discovers gold to be the secret key to the circulation of money. Also starring Julie Christie as Ruby, Collette's beautiful companion. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Berlin International Film Festival, ...The Gold Diggers
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By B.S.
Format:DVD
the gold diggers by Sally Potter is a classic and a masterpiece in cinema - one of those classics that almost got forgotten.
I feel very lucky to have found this film and I am really amazed at Sally Potter's amazing vision for her first feature. The film has everything you'd want in a film - it has a great soundtrack, good actors and it is directed with a lot of skill.
It is not easy to describe this unconventional film in a conventional way, so I will not try. All I can say is that The Gold Diggers reminded me a lot of some surrealist works I have seen recently and in some parts seems a bit like a dream - foggy and repetitive. The repetition helps the viewer to start feeling familiar with the subject matter in my opinion even though there is not a straightforward narrative. It is an experience that is not to be missed in my opinion and I think people who approach the film with an open mind will enjoy it.
I am so glad that the BFI brought out this DVD - accompanied with a set of 5 early shorts by Sally Potter and a thick booklet including interviews and information on The Gold Diggers as well as the shorts. All in all I think this DVD is a bargain and I am happy to see it being saved by the BFI for future generations.
I feel very lucky to have found this film and I am really amazed at Sally Potter's amazing vision for her first feature. The film has everything you'd want in a film - it has a great soundtrack, good actors and it is directed with a lot of skill.
It is not easy to describe this unconventional film in a conventional way, so I will not try. All I can say is that The Gold Diggers reminded me a lot of some surrealist works I have seen recently and in some parts seems a bit like a dream - foggy and repetitive. The repetition helps the viewer to start feeling familiar with the subject matter in my opinion even though there is not a straightforward narrative. It is an experience that is not to be missed in my opinion and I think people who approach the film with an open mind will enjoy it.
I am so glad that the BFI brought out this DVD - accompanied with a set of 5 early shorts by Sally Potter and a thick booklet including interviews and information on The Gold Diggers as well as the shorts. All in all I think this DVD is a bargain and I am happy to see it being saved by the BFI for future generations.
6 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Acoustica
Format:DVD
I see probably around a hundred movies a year, ranging from Godard through Angelopoulos, Straub-Huillet, and Kluge, to Spielberg. I've been doing so for thirty years. The Gold Diggers is the only movie EVER to have bored me so much I walked out. If you're into feminist didacticism it might do it for you. Potter tends to wear the bad reviews she got for this as a badge of honour. It's no badge of honour. View at your own risk. If you want to check out one of her movies, try "Orlando". But don't expect this to be like "Orlando"
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