#dearden

[detournementsmineurs]

Diana Rigg et Oliver Reed dans “Assassinats en Tous Genres (The Assassination Bureau)” de Basil Dearden (1969) - adapté du roman inachevé “Le Bureau des Assassinats” de Jack London complété par Robert L. Fish de façon posthume (1963) - mai 2025.

[hayaomiyazaki]

“Bogarde himself wrote the scene in which Farr admits to his wife that he is gay and has continued to be attracted to other men despite his earlier assurances to the contrary. He wrote years later in his autobiography that his father had suggested he do The Mayor of Casterbridge, ‘But I did Victim instead, [...] playing the barrister with the loving wife, a loyal housekeeper, devoted secretary and the Secret Passion. It was the wisest decision I ever made in my cinematic life. It is extraordinary, in this over-permissive age [c. 1988], to believe that this modest film could ever have been considered courageous, daring or dangerous to make. It was, in its time, all three.’”

Dirk Bogarde as Melville Farr in VICTIM (1961) dir. Basil Dearden

[dearestden]

Flightrising commissions! Did these guys for 20,000t a pop!

[hayaomiyazaki]

Indeed, it has been acknowledged that Michael Relph and Basil Dearden produced the film as an open protest against Britain’s law that being a homosexual is a criminal act—a law that has been described as “the blackmailer’s charter,” as someone says. (x)

Victim (1961), d. Basil Dearden

[detournementsmineurs]

“Assassinats en Tous Genres (The Assassination Bureau)” de Basil Dearden (1969) - adapté du roman inachevé “Le Bureau des Assassinats” de Jack London complété par Robert L. Fish de façon posthume (1963) - avec Diana Rigg, Oliver Reed, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Annabella Incontrera, Philippe Noiret et Vernon Dobtcheff, mai 2025.

[detournementsmineurs]

“Assassinats en Tous Genres (The Assassination Bureau)” de Basil Dearden (1969) - adapté du roman inachevé “Le Bureau des Assassinats” de Jack London complété par Robert L. Fish de façon posthume (1963) - mai 2025.

[detournementsmineurs]

Diana Rigg dans “Assassinats en Tous Genres (The Assassination Bureau)” de Basil Dearden (1969) - adapté du roman inachevé “Le Bureau des Assassinats” de Jack London complété par Robert L. Fish de façon posthume (1963) - mai 2025.

[detournementsmineurs]

Diana Rigg dans “Assassinats en Tous Genres (The Assassination Bureau)” de Basil Dearden (1969) - adapté du roman inachevé “Le Bureau des Assassinats” de Jack London complété par Robert L. Fish de façon posthume (1963) - mai 2025.