Intimate Reflections Explained

Intimate Reflections is a 1975 British independent drama film directed by Don Boyd and starring Anton Rodgers, Lillias Walker, Sally Anne Newton and Jonathan David. It was Boyd's first feature film and premiered at the 1975 London Film Festival.[1] [2] Boyd described it as a study both of sexual infidelity and the clash between youth and middle-age.[3]

Plot

Robert and Jane are a middle-aged couple grieving over a dead daughter. Michael and Zonny are a young couple with a bright future ahead of them. The film dwells on their parallel lives.

Cast

Reception

The film attracted little attention outside the 1975 London Film Festival and its limited theatrical release in the UK. Boyd had hoped to interest British Lion in the film as a 'British Emanuelle but in the event they backed out, branding it as 'very specialised fare', although Michael Deeley did lend Boyd £500 to take it to the States and tart it around as his 'calling card'. However Time Out (New York) slated it thus [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: London Film Festival 1975. https://web.archive.org/web/20090114074252/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/event/2865. dead. 14 January 2009. BFI database. 21 March 2011.
  2. Web site: Intimate Reflections. https://web.archive.org/web/20090117190402/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37741. dead. 17 January 2009. BFI database. 21 March 2011.
  3. Book: Walker, Alexander . National Heroes: British Cinema in the 70's and 80's . . September 2005 . 1985 . 0-7528-5707-X.
  4. Web site: Intimate Reflections. https://archive.today/20120913185855/http://www.timeout.com/film/newyork/reviews/76122/intimate-reflections.html. dead. 13 September 2012. Time Out (New York). 21 March 2011.