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I've been watching The Brothers every Thursday evening on Talking Pictures and, whilst getting thoroughly engrossed in it, snippets of it were very familiar.
So it was with a "hah!" of excitement that i stumbled across my old diaries for 1974 and 1975 recently which didn't just inform me that, as a teenager, I never missed this show on a Sunday evening but that the character I most associated with was Brian (yes, I eventually became an accountant, like him).
Watching it now I expect it's easier to see the warning signs (especially with Paul Merroney) but at the age of 14 one lacks the experience of life to immediately spot a baddie.
The diary also tells me that the sitcom that followed The Brothers on a Sunday evening (at least it did in my region) was "Sadie, It's Cold Outside" which I watched but have zero recollection of! Well, it was half a century ago now.
Has The Brothers aged well? I'd say yes, very much so. The business and personal issues it highlights are still issues in many families and companies 50 years later. I spent 35 years of my working life in family-run businesses and the portrayal in this series is very true-to-life....all the way down to how non-family members address those on the board.
One minor point - the wallpaper in Brian & Ann's house is of a design which would induce a hallucinogenic trip just by looking at it. No wonder they had difficulty communicating - they were probably in a trance.
So it was with a "hah!" of excitement that i stumbled across my old diaries for 1974 and 1975 recently which didn't just inform me that, as a teenager, I never missed this show on a Sunday evening but that the character I most associated with was Brian (yes, I eventually became an accountant, like him).
Watching it now I expect it's easier to see the warning signs (especially with Paul Merroney) but at the age of 14 one lacks the experience of life to immediately spot a baddie.
The diary also tells me that the sitcom that followed The Brothers on a Sunday evening (at least it did in my region) was "Sadie, It's Cold Outside" which I watched but have zero recollection of! Well, it was half a century ago now.
Has The Brothers aged well? I'd say yes, very much so. The business and personal issues it highlights are still issues in many families and companies 50 years later. I spent 35 years of my working life in family-run businesses and the portrayal in this series is very true-to-life....all the way down to how non-family members address those on the board.
One minor point - the wallpaper in Brian & Ann's house is of a design which would induce a hallucinogenic trip just by looking at it. No wonder they had difficulty communicating - they were probably in a trance.
I won't rehash the storyline which everyone knows but just a few comments:
Plus points: -the first film adaptation which sticks to the ending as outlined in the novel
-dialogue is very much as per the novel. If you know the book well, the subtitles are almost superfluous as you will know what the characters are saying
-the choice of location for filming was inspired. Oddly, the external shots feel more claustrophobic than those inside the house. The crucial scene at the end between Vera and Lombard is powerfully shot with the sea almost a background character on its own.
Minus points: -At times it can be difficult to distinguish Lombard from Blore. Facially, they are very alike.
-The actress playing Emily Brent is too young...equally, the character playing Anthony Marston is some 10 years too old.
-There's something lacking with the interior shots which fail, at times, to convey the cloying claustrophobia so evident in the book. It may be that there are simply too many daylight scenes.
While I prefer the 2015 BBC adaptation, this 1987 Soviet version is in second place, well ahead of any of the previous adaptations.
However, no film version will ever beat the novel itself and the imagery those words conjure up in the reader's imagination. It's still the only book I can pick up and read from start to finish without a break.
Plus points: -the first film adaptation which sticks to the ending as outlined in the novel
-dialogue is very much as per the novel. If you know the book well, the subtitles are almost superfluous as you will know what the characters are saying
-the choice of location for filming was inspired. Oddly, the external shots feel more claustrophobic than those inside the house. The crucial scene at the end between Vera and Lombard is powerfully shot with the sea almost a background character on its own.
Minus points: -At times it can be difficult to distinguish Lombard from Blore. Facially, they are very alike.
-The actress playing Emily Brent is too young...equally, the character playing Anthony Marston is some 10 years too old.
-There's something lacking with the interior shots which fail, at times, to convey the cloying claustrophobia so evident in the book. It may be that there are simply too many daylight scenes.
While I prefer the 2015 BBC adaptation, this 1987 Soviet version is in second place, well ahead of any of the previous adaptations.
However, no film version will ever beat the novel itself and the imagery those words conjure up in the reader's imagination. It's still the only book I can pick up and read from start to finish without a break.
There seemed to be two purposes to this little oddity - firstly, a rather flat and ham-fisted attempt (surely shot on a miniscule budget) at a 'psychological thriller' and secondly (and far more interestingly) what was basically a promotional reel for lead actress Beverly Bain.
Ms Bain occupies about 40% of the screen time and when I say 'occupies', I mean she gets sole use of the camera's time. We see her go to bed, get up, tidy up in the kitchen, walk round her house, ascend the stairs, descend the stairs. All with no one else in shot.
IMDB states that she had never made a movie prior to this one and never made a movie after this one so, for me, the real mystery here is not who was the mystery blonde (a 5 year old could have sussed that one out in 2 minutes) but what was the real story behind Ms Bain's one and only role?
And, yes, I agree with the previous reviewer who aligned this film to something Ed Wood would have released. There are plenty similarities, especially the cod-psychiatry and Paul Marco-like cop who plays John Ireland's stooge.
By the way, one or two of BB's scenes must have been very close to being cut as she's showing quite a bit more than her acting chops as she bends over to make the bed!
Ms Bain occupies about 40% of the screen time and when I say 'occupies', I mean she gets sole use of the camera's time. We see her go to bed, get up, tidy up in the kitchen, walk round her house, ascend the stairs, descend the stairs. All with no one else in shot.
IMDB states that she had never made a movie prior to this one and never made a movie after this one so, for me, the real mystery here is not who was the mystery blonde (a 5 year old could have sussed that one out in 2 minutes) but what was the real story behind Ms Bain's one and only role?
And, yes, I agree with the previous reviewer who aligned this film to something Ed Wood would have released. There are plenty similarities, especially the cod-psychiatry and Paul Marco-like cop who plays John Ireland's stooge.
By the way, one or two of BB's scenes must have been very close to being cut as she's showing quite a bit more than her acting chops as she bends over to make the bed!