"Director: Peter Whitehead"

• Pink Floyd - London 1966 - 1967 | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Pink Floyd 1966-1967 is a fascinating insight into the early world of one of the biggest bands ever. Filmed by musical film supreme Peter Whitehead the film features full length and extremely rare performances from the classic late 60s Pink Floyd line-up at Sound Techniques London and the now legendary '14 Hour Technicolour Dream Extravaganza' gig in April 1967 as Alexandra Palace. Additional footage captures swinging sixties London plus interview Mick Jagger Michael Caine David Ho

• Peter Whitehead and the Sixties | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £12.97   |  Saving you £7.02 (54.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Legendary filmmaker Peter Whitehead was at the heart of Swinging London chronicling the youth explosion the burgeoning popular music scene and the counterculture of the 1960s. Now the BFI releases two of his films for the first time; Wholly Communion (1965) and Benefit of the Doubt (1967) coupled with a new interview with Peter and additional rare footage. With over three hours of material Peter Whitehead and the Sixties is a fascinating document of the radical experimental literary and theatrical scenes of 60s London. On 11 June 1965 the Royal Albert Hall played host to a slew of American and European beat poets for an extraordinary impromptu event - the International Poetry Incarnation - that arguably marked the birth of London's gestating counterculture. Cast in the role of historian as a man-on-the-scene and massively elevating his limited resources Whitehead constructed the extraordinary Wholly Communion from the unfolding circus. As Allen Ginsberg Lawrence Ferlinghetti Gregory Corso Harry Fainlight Alexander Trocchi and others took to the stage Whitehead confidently wandered with his borrowed camera creating a participatory and anarchic film that is as much a landmark as the event itself and launched his career. Following this success Whitehead was invited to film a controversial new play US by radical theatre director Peter Brook. Building on the provocative question of Britain's relationship to America during the Vietnam War Whitehead pushed the issue of complicity further challenging the relationship between the actors - including a young Glenda Jackson - and their performances. Steadfast and provocative in its consideration of international relations and war Benefit of the Doubt has troubling relevance to the current political climate.

• Tonite Let's All Make Love In London | Blu Ray | (25/09/2017) from £21.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Featured here as a brand-new High Definition restoration, Peter Whitehead's celebrated film probes the myth and the reality of Swinging London presenting an intimate, impressionistic collage of rare concert and studio performances, interviews with key figures from the worlds of music, art and cinema, and images of Sixties counterculture. John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Mick Jagger, Vanessa Redgrave, Lee Marvin, Julie Christie, Allen Ginsberg, Edna O'Brien, David Hockney and Michael Caine are among those captured on film and in sound; bookended by a performance of Pink Floyd's Interstellar Overdrive, the soundtrack features songs by the Rolling Stones and Eric Burdon. Made when many young people saw politicised hedonism as the logical response to global uncertainty, Whitehead's Pop Concerto for Film taps into both the confidence and the confusion of an iconic moment in time.

• Tonite Let's All Make Love In London | DVD | (25/09/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Featured here as a brand-new digital restoration, Peter Whitehead's celebrated film probes the myth and the reality of Swinging London presenting an intimate, impressionistic collage of rare concert and studio performances, interviews with key figures from the worlds of music, art and cinema, and images of Sixties counterculture. John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Mick Jagger, Vanessa Redgrave, Lee Marvin, Julie Christie, Allen Ginsberg, Edna O'Brien, David Hockney and Michael Caine are among those captured on film and in sound; bookended by a performance of Pink Floyd's Interstellar Overdrive, the soundtrack features songs by the Rolling Stones and Eric Burdon. Made when many young people saw politicised hedonism as the logical response to global uncertainty, Whitehead's Pop Concerto for Film taps into both the confidence and the confusion of an iconic moment in time.

• Darktone/Nocturno - The Misanthrope | DVD | (01/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The film debut by Darkthrone's Nocturno Culto offers an insight into a strange life of solitude chaos and Darkthrone. The Misanthrope takes us into the heart of the Norwegian black metal scene and folk culture with unique footage of Darkthrone rehearsing Aura Noir strange trips into the forest and even a brief excursion to Japan. The film comes in a deluxe package including a bonus audio CD of new music by Nocturno specifically composed for the film. As Nocturno modestly says this is a ""strange documentary/fiction film not suitable for everyone."" It will however be indispensable for all followers of Darkthrone and the Norwegian black metal scene. Bonus Audio CD 1. Battlehorns 2. The Bastard Son 3. Lake of Sorrow 4. Stay Away 5. Necroposers 6. The Will To Deny 7. The Solution

• The Fall | Blu Ray | (03/09/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A highly personal sequel to his previous year's Tonite Let's All Make Love in London, The Fall sees British director Peter Whitehead chronicling the turbulent, world-changing events taking place in America between the autumn of 1967 and the summer of 1968. Exploring the transition from the optimism of 'flower power' to a darker more violent mood, The Fall both fictionalises and questions Whitehead's own role as a documentary filmmaker. Capturing key events of the period from anti-war protests at the Pentagon and Columbia University to the assassination of Robert Kennedy the film also features writers Arthur Miller and Paul Auster, civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael, artist Robert Rauschenberg and actress Julie Bovasso, among others; the soundtrack features original music by The Nice and soul singer PP Arnold. Considered by Whitehead to be his most significant work, The Fall is presented here in a brand-new High Definition restoration from the original film elements.

• The Fall | DVD | (01/10/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A highly personal sequel to his previous year's Tonite Let's All Make Love in London, The Fall sees British director Peter Whitehead chronicling the turbulent, world-changing events taking place in America between the autumn of 1967 and the summer of 1968. Exploring the transition from the optimism of 'flower power' to a darker more violent mood, The Fall both fictionalises and questions Whitehead's own role as a documentary filmmaker. Capturing key events of the period from anti-war protests at the Pentagon and Columbia University to the assassination of Robert Kennedy the film also features writers Arthur Miller and Paul Auster, civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael, artist Robert Rauschenberg and actress Julie Bovasso, among others; the soundtrack features original music by The Nice and soul singer PP Arnold. Considered by Whitehead to be his most significant work, The Fall is presented here in a brand-new High Definition restoration from the original film elements.