简介：TheCommittee,starringPaulJonesofManfredMannfame,isauniquedocumentofBritaininthe1960s.AfteraverysuccessfulruninLondon’sWestEndin1968,viewingsofthiscontroversialmoviehavebeenfewandfarbetween.Atlast,aDVDreleasemakesavailableafilmthatwasstronglypraisedbythedistinguishedcriticKennethTynan.StunningblackandwhitecameraworkbyIanWilsonbringstolifethis“chillingfable”byMaxSteuer,alecturer(nowReaderEmeritus)attheLondonSchoolofEconomics. Avoidingeasyanswers,TheCommitteeusesasurrealmurdertoexplorethetensionandconflictbetweenbureaucracyononeside,andindividualfreedomontheother.Manyfilms,suchasTotalRecall,Fahrenheit451andCamus’TheStranger,seethestateasignorantandrepressive,andpassovertheinevitableweaknesseslyingdeepinindividuals.DrawingontheideasofR.D.Laing,apsychologicallyhipstatefacesanalltoohumanprotagonist. Boththestyleandthecontentofthisfilmcapturethefeelofthesixties,yetithaspotentiallygreaterrelevancenowthanwhenitwasmade.Morethaninthepast,hiddencommittees,betheyindemocraciesorotherwise,determinemuchoflifetoday. TheactingofPaulJonesandNationalTheatreactorsTomKempinskiandRobertLloydablysupportsintelligentandimaginativedirectingbyPeterSykes.Thisisvisualartistryofahighlevel.PeterBrook,thefamoustheatredirector,applaudedthetechnicalachievementofcombiningdiverseactingtraditionstotelladarkandchallengingtale. Themusicalscore,writtenandperformedbythePinkFloyd,issomeofthemostintellectualmusicthePinkFloydhaveproduced,accordingtomusicwriterDavidKing.Thisismusicthathasneverbeenreleasedbefore.AlongwiththePinkFloyd,andalsoenhancingthemoodofthefilm,ArthurBrownperformshisworldwidehitFire.FewwillnotethathisflamingheaddressechoesthehomeyfiresideoftheFabiansBeatriceandSidneyWebb.Butthetouchofevilintheperformanceisunmistakeable.…