A madman screams about the end of the world—are you listening?
Displaying the cinematic influence of Bunuel and Cocteau, and inspired by a short story by French writer JMG Le Clézio, Bill’s most experimental short depicts a psychiatric patient who travels to Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, to warn anyone who will listen about the impending nuclear holocaust.
Direction
Bill Douglas channels European art cinema in 9 minutes.
Cinematography
Hyde Park as liminal, apocalyptic dreamscape.
Director
Bill Douglas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made at the height of nuclear tensions, the film channels genuine 1960s apocalyptic anxiety that permeated European art cinema.
Bill Douglas later became renowned for his autobiographical Trilogy; this early short reveals his avant-garde roots before narrative cohesion.
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