Intimate Reflections
Encyclopedia
Intimate Reflections is a 1975 British
independent drama
film directed by Don Boyd
and starring Anton Rodgers
, Lillias Walker, Sally Anne Newton and Jonathan David. It was Boyd's first feature film and premiered at the 1975 London Film Festival
. Boyd described it as a study both of sexual infidelity and the clash between youth and middle-age.
Boyd had hoped to interest British Lion
in the film as a 'British Emanuelle but in the event they backed out, branding it as 'very specialised fare', although Michael Deeley
did lend Boyd £500 to take it to the States and tart it around as his 'calling card'. However Time Out (New York) slated it thus
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
independent drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
film directed by Don Boyd
Don Boyd
Donald William Robertson Boyd Hon D.Litt is a Scottish film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist...
and starring Anton Rodgers
Anton Rodgers
Anton Rodgers was an English actor and occasional director. He performed on stage, in film and in television dramas and sitcoms.-Life and career:...
, Lillias Walker, Sally Anne Newton and Jonathan David. It was Boyd's first feature film and premiered at the 1975 London Film Festival
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
. Boyd described it as a study both of sexual infidelity and the clash between youth and middle-age.
Plot
Robert and Jane are a middle-aged couple grieving over a dead daughter. Michael and Zonny are a young couple with a bright future ahead of them. The film dwells on their parallel lives.Cast
- Anton RodgersAnton RodgersAnton Rodgers was an English actor and occasional director. He performed on stage, in film and in television dramas and sitcoms.-Life and career:...
... Michael White - Lillias Walker ... Zonny
- Sally Anne Newton ... Jane
- Jonathan David ... Robert
- Peter Vaughan ... Salesman
- Derek BondDerek BondDerek William Douglas Bond MC was a British actor.-Life and career:Derek Bond was born 26 January 1920 in Glasgow, Scotland. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hampstead, London. He saw active service with the Grenadier Guards in North Africa during the Second World War, for which he...
... Bank Manager
Reception
The film attracted little attention outside the 1975 London Film Festival.Boyd had hoped to interest British Lion
British Lion Films
British Lion Films Corporation is a film production and distribution company active under several forms since 1919. Until 1976 they were also film distributors as British Lion Films Ltd, with a distributor filmography of 232 films. As a production company they are still active and have produced...
in the film as a 'British Emanuelle but in the event they backed out, branding it as 'very specialised fare', although Michael Deeley
Michael Deeley
Michael Deeley is a British film producer who has helped create notable films such as The Italian Job, Blade Runner and The Deer Hunter. He is also a founding member and Deputy Chairman of The British Screen Advisory Council....
did lend Boyd £500 to take it to the States and tart it around as his 'calling card'. However Time Out (New York) slated it thus