RedButler

An outstanding acting by the good old and never enough recognized Derek Jacobi and of course, Ollie Reed that here makes the perfect butler, stiff, stone-faced, confident and knowledgeable. I would've welcomed subtitles when he spoke Geordie dialect though. The setting is sublime and the environs perfect for a bunch of lunatics trying to fit in the social expectations of the time. We even get a most wonderful song to a nanny! If you are a nanny you will be proud of this beautiful rendering. As always British use in their films sophisticated cars that I very much enjoy seeing. All in all another masterpiece of British film making even if the Director only started (and ended) his career with this film.

First thing that impressed me was the 60's fashion in Spain, the cars, women, men and traffic in Barcelona. If you had the opportunity to see some Godard or Bunuel films, you can recognize the Spain under Franco (grayness and sadness) compared to the youthful France of Bardot, de Funes and Bourville. The characters in "Ditirambo" are strange because they barely smile, their encounters are unexpected and later prove to be planned, which makes the movie the more interesting because you don't know why are they there and what will be the outcome. The main character, Ditirambo, seems to be oblivious to everything that happens to him. All in all, a well done film and a worthy sample of the 60's Europe.