The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
A juvenile offender at a tough reform school impresses its governor with his running ability and is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Directed By: Tony Richardson
Written By: Alan Sillitoe
Starring: Alec McCowen, Tom Courtenay, Julia Foster, Michael Redgrave, Avis Bunnage, James Bolam, Joe Robinson
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner belongs to 29 collections
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Courtenay and director Tony Richardson are both in top form here. This would be the last of Richardson's "kitchen sink" films before winning an Oscar for the really terrible "Tom Jones".
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Really nice working class movie. Brilliant acting and directing.
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A cracking film which stays true to the book but adds in the glorious mangled grimaces of Tom Courtenay to boost its downtrodden northerner levels by 75%. While some of the flashbacks are a bit unexpected and the montages are a tad corny, the pieces come together in an emotional story of hardship and struggle, and you could hardly feel more sympathy for Angry Young Man's need to get one over his authoritarian oppressors, even at the expense of his own freedom. Supreme acting and storytelling.
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Early example of the "Angry Young Man" theme in British cinema. Pretty good.
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80% percent British social realsim and 20% French New Wave makes this strong, comprehensive and yet poetic movie although at times it can seem a bit didactic, however especially the end scene offers a revolutionary praxis and an example of revolt. Colin Smith is a genuine character who has his ambitions and dilemmas in a harsh social setting and the director uses running which is physical in order to evoke a temporal and and even emancipatory effect, because of its transcendental connotations.
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I loved it's simplicity, and it's reliance on the beauty and ugliness of boys.
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cool ending
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The short story focussed heavily on the psychology of running as a personal liberation from the lead character's isolation and condition, thus explaining the ending thoroughly, and I would've wanted this to be given more of an exposition here. The scene with the Jerusalem choir contrasting with the brutality of the borstal staff is a standout but the music in other parts is a bit of a cliche. Nevertheless, a fine enough watch and a working-class retort to Chariots of Fire.
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OK, so generally, using Chaplin-style speed-ups in a serious film isn't a good idea. Apart from that, though, it's very good; Courtenay is as convincing as he is in BIlly Liar, the structure is interesting, the ending packs a punch... Yeah, the British made a bunch of movies like this in the 60s, and this is no "If...", but what the hell.
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Slightly let down by some of the more stylised stuff (the sped-up bits, the quirky music, the montage of them buying stuff with the insurance money), though for the most part a very interesting film full of angst and repressed emotion. The ending is amazing.
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