The Films of Joseph Losey examines the career of the expatriate
director through a close analysis of five of his most important and
challenging films. When his leftist politics made him a target of
the House Committee on Unamerican Activities in 1951, the
blacklisted Losey left America and continued his film career in
England. Concerned mainly with the use and abuse of power inherent
in intimate relationships, Losey also examined these issues as
manifested in institutions and social classes. His finest films
attack the injustices and hypocrisy rooted in the privileges of the
English class system and frequently depict the moral failure of
characters who betray their best instincts. The Films of Joseph
Losey also examines Losey's close working relationships with
playwright/screenwriter Harold Pinter and actor Dirk Bogarde, his
experimental form of storytelling, the psychological complexity of
characters acting as narrator of their own stories, and the
intricate handling of time in the structure of his films. Close
studies of King and Country, The Servant, Accident, The Go-Between,
and The Romantic Englishwoman confirm Losey's stature as a director
of powerful and compelling films of both moral importance and great
formal complexity.
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