Joseph Losey (1909–1984)
Author of The Servant [1963 film]
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Works by Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey Collection (The Sleeping Tiger, The Criminal, Eva, The Servant, Accident, The Go-Between, Mr. Klein) (2014) 2 copies
Galileo 🎥 1 copy
The Boy with green hair 1 copy
Eva 1 copy
These are the damned 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Losey, Joseph
- Legal name
- Losey III, Joseph Walton
- Birthdate
- 1909-01-14
- Date of death
- 1984-06-22
- Burial location
- Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium, London, England, UK
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Education
- Dartmouth College
Harvard University (1930, MA - English) - Occupations
- film director
theatre director
producer
screenwriter - Relationships
- Phelan, Dorothy Bromiley (former spouse)
Losey, Marek (grandchild)
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Accident by Joseph Losey
Austrian princess Sassard goes to Oxford and trouble ensues. Lots of unanswered questions here--this is Losey, after all. But it is all rather engrossing in an uneasy way. Very good performances all around. Screenwriter Pinter has a great cameo as a television producer Bogarde meets in London.
½
Very good cast and a few good scenes, but the script fails to create much tension. There's a heist, but we don't see the planning or particularly understand how it works. There's a love story, but it isn't believable. There are good guys and bad guys and there are lots of prisoners wearing ties. Good cinematography, certainly.
Slow moving and consistently odd, I nevertheless found this compelling. Perhaps it is the performances. Michael Caine is a writer who suspects his wife of having an affair during a trip to Baden-Baden. He then invites her suspected lover, Helmut Berger, into their home. I found myself laughing out loud at how bizarre this all was, and I don't think the laughter was out of place--and perhaps the director intended it. On the other hand, it could have been four glasses of Elijah Craig laughing. As the wife, Glenda Jackson is incredibly good and incredibly sexy. Great supporting cast and great on-location filming in Baden-Baden and the French Riviera.… (more)
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