UK: Primitive London from the BFI's Flipside

[MarcMorris]

Primitive London (Arnold Louis Miller, 1965)
UK / colour / Cert tbc / 87 mins + 65 mins extra material / ratio 1.33:1 / optional subtitles for hearing-impaired / DVD cat no: BFIVD839 / BD cat no: BFIB1020

The sensational follow-up to London in the Raw, Primitive London sets out to reflect society's decay through a sideshow spectacle of 1960s London depravity - and manages to out do its predecessor. Here, we confront mods, rockers and beatniks at the Ace Café, cut some rug with obscure beat band The Zephyrs, witness a seedy Jack the Ripper re-enactment, smirk at flabby men in the sauna and goggle at sordid wife-swapping parties as we discover a pre-permissive Britain still trying to move on from the post-war depression of the 1950s.

BFI "Flipside" Press Release

Special features

• Remastered to HD from the original negative
• Carousella (John Irvin, 1966, 23 mins): a dramatised documentary on the lives of a group of striptease artistes
• Stuart McCabe (strip club owner) interview (1968, 15 mins)
• Shirley (stripper) interview (1968, 6 mins)
• Al Burnett (nightclub owner) interview (1967, 17 mins)
• Original trailer (English and French language options)
• English and French language versions
• Illustrated booklet with essays by Iain Sinclair, Vic Pratt (BFI Curator) and William Fowler (BFI Curator); original review and promotional material

DVD: amazon.co.uk | play.com

Blu-ray: amazon.co.uk | play.com

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[MarcMorris]

Primitive London Blu-ray reviewed over at DVD Times

[Eric B]

As soon as I get a Momitsu I will be buying the BFI Flipside Blu-rays. I don't expect to see these films on a US label anytime soon.

[christats]

Is it just Bed sitting Room locked to B and Primitive London,London in the Raw free.?