Requiem for a Village

The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard, in this extraordinary, little-seen film from David Gladwell. Although best known for his celebrated work as editor on Lindsay Anderson’s If…. and O Lucky Man!, Gladwell has, until now, rarely been recognised as the director of a number of groundbreaking films.

• Presented in both high definition and standard definition.
• A Summer Discord (Gladwell, 1955, 17 min, silent): a visionary drama centre around a young girl’s argument with her mother.
• Miss Thompson Goes Shopping (Gladwell, 1958, 23 min): a sensitive and inventive portrait of an elderly lady’s shopping trip.
• The Great Steam Fair (David Gladwell, Derrick Knight, 1964, 18 min): an assured, lyrical example of Gladwell’s extensive work as editor and director of documentary shorts.
• An Untitled Film (Gladwell, 1964, 9 min): an extraordinary piece of film art, exploring the power, beauty and violence contained in a single moment of time.
• Booklet, illustrated with Gladwell’s recent paintings, featuring essays by filmmaker Elizabeth Sussex, Rob Young and William Fowler.