Rent Negatives (1968)
3.0 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 38min
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- Synopsis:
Living above a dusty old antiques shop, deeply enmeshed in archaic Edwardiana and wrapped up in moth-eaten old clothes, two passionate but embittered lovers play out their lives in performative acts of sexual fantasy. Theo (Peter McEnery) takes on the role of notorious killer Dr. Crippen, while his partner Vivien (Glenda Jackson) disguises herself as both the wife and the lover of the meek but murderous physician. Underlying tensions between the pair escalate when an uninhibited German photographer, Reingard (Diane Cilento), moves in with them - bringing bizarre fantasies of her own. Director Peter Medak's (The Ruling Class, The Krays) provocative debut is a dreamlike, acutely cinematic character study that penetrates the dark heart of unconventional relationships in the free-love era. - Actors:
- Peter McEnery, Diane Cilento, Glenda Jackson, Billy Russell, Norman Rossington, Stephen Lewis, Maurice Denham
- Directors:
- Peter Medak
- Producers:
- Judd Bernard
- Writers:
- Peter Everett, Roger Lowry
- Aka:
- Негативы
- Genres:
- Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/03/2026
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Audio Description
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Tim Lucas
- Audio interviews with Peter Medak (2024, 89 mins): two interviews with director Peter Medak, the first by the late author and film historian Lee Gambin, and the second with Severin's David Gregory which was conducted at the director's home
- False Positive (2025, 11 mins): a newly recorded interview with actor Peter McEnery
- Editing Negatives (2026, 31 mins): an interview with Barrie Vince, the award-winning editor of 'Negatives', 'Smashing Time' and 'Deep End'
- Positives from Negativeland: Scrapbook from a Grand Debut (2025, 16 mins): Peter Medak takes us through his production material for 'Negatives', as well as 'A Day in the Death of Joe Egg', recalling his memories of each experience
- The Doctor Will See You Now (2025, 24 mins): an interview with Dr. Clare Smith, the historic collection curator at the Metropolitan Police Museum, who discusses the life and crime of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
- Image gallery
