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Recent British Films
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11086 |
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THE ARTS
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3 / 1986 |
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Chris Ross
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These are three recently released British films that, because of their domestic success, are destined for the international market.
Letter to Brezhnev is an extraordinary triumph, if only because it was produced on a ludicrously low budget. This sometimes shows, and it only makes the film all that much more endearing. The production is also unusual in that the two main roles are played by women. Two Liverpool girls, encounter two Russian sailors on shore leave and team up with them. One couple satisfies their lust, the other finds true love. Their enthusiastic determination to have a good time is impossibly infectious, and the very naiveté of the play's sentimentality makes it even more intoxicating.
The dialogue is real and raw. This is all the more striking coming from female lips. There may well be some political message intended; but the furor of it all leads to the heart and to a profound message: Hold on to your dream, persevere and it will come true.
My Beautiful Laundrette is set in South London where young unemployed whites roam the streets and Pakistani immigrants help each other to affluence through the extended family system. One such Asian, played engagingly by Gordon Warnecke, is given a helping hand by his successful uncle; and with his homosexual lover who was a former member of the National Front (a white racist political movement) he sets about glamorizing a rundown launderette.
The portrayal of the Pakistani nouveau riche in Thatcher's elitist Britain is not to the liking of all, but it is presented with sympathy,
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