Rent You're Human Like the Rest of Them (1967)
3.9 of 5 from 49 ratings
2h 40min
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- Synopsis:
The Flipside: rescuing weird and wonderful British films from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions. Although best known as the groundbreaking author of 'The Unfortunates' and 'Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry', B.S. Johnson also made a number of extraordinary films. Transferred from the best available materials, these brilliant and daring works are finally collected here for the very first time.
Contents:
- You're Human Like the Rest of Them (1967): award-winning short
- Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire! (1968): humorous animation
- Paradigm (1969): challenging and arresting experimental film- The Unfortunates (1969): short exploration of his book
- Unfair! (1970): provocative agitprop piece starring Bill Owen
- March! (1971): documentary made for the ACTT union
- Poem (1971): poignant short set to the words of Samuel Beckett
- B. S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson (1971): full-bodied appreciation
- Not Counting the Savages (1972): intense TV play
- Fat Man on a Beach (1974): a highlight of 1970s TV programming
- Fat Man on a Beach - mute outtakes (1974)
- The Johnson Papers (2013): inside the British Library's archive- Actors:
- B.S. Johnson, William Hoyland, Barry Cole, Gordon Gridley, Anne Hardcastle, Carole McCullagh, Gianni Zambardi, George Coulouris, Freddie Earlle, Bill Owen, Brenda Bruce, Hugh Burden, Fiona Walker
- Directors:
- B.S. Johnson, Mike Newell, Michael Bakewell, Sam Dunn
- Producers:
- Bruce Beresford, Bronka Ricquier, Tim Aspinall
- Writers:
- B.S. Johnson, Alan Burns
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Documentary, Drama
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- Release Date:
- 15/04/2013
- Run Time:
- 160 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
