The term 'free cinema' was coined by critic and filmmaker Lindsay Anderson in early 1956 when he Karel Reisz Tony Richardson and Lorenza Mazzetti showed a programme of their short films at the National Film Theatre. Although the name was intended only for that screening it proved so successful that five more programmes were shown under the same banner between 1956 and 1959. The films were 'free' in the sense that they were made outside the framework of the film industry and that
The Free Cinema movement was a short-lived filmmaking collective dedicated to an aesthetic of documentary reality, sound experimentation, and shooting (out of necessity) on shoestring budgets. This 3-disc set collects all the "official" Free Cinema films, along with a handful of later films that followed in the original movement's footsteps. There are numerous highlights: Lindsay Anderson's satiric "O Dreamland," Robert Vas' heartfelt immigrant story "Refuge England," Lorenza Mazetti's bold sound stylization experiments in "Together," and many more. All the films share a certain low-budget realism that would prove dramatically influential on the future of English cinema, and this sense of historical importance is ably communicated by the set's hefty booklet -- the best extra. The transfers are uniformly excellent considering the films' vintage and circumstances of production, and this is basically all we could ask for in terms of getting these important films onto DVD.
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A collection of Free Cinema films containing 16 short films on three discs.
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