BFI Flipside – London in the Raw

Description

BFI Flipside presents

LONDON IN THE RAW (DVD + Blu-ray)
A film by Arnold L. Miller

THE FLIPSIDE: rescuing weird and wonderful British films from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions.

Following on from his Take Off Your Clothes and Live, and influenced by the worldwide success of Italian ‘Mondo’ movies, legendary British low-budget movie mogul Arnold Louis Miller concocted this fascination exploitation-style documentary

Peering behind the grimy net curtains of London life into seedy bars and clubs, and burrowing beneath the glittering façade of the capital’s glamorous cocktail lounges and casinos, London in the Raw presents a cynical, sometimes startling, vision of the life in 1960s London.

Special Features

• Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
• London in the Raw: Alternative cut (47 mins)
• Three 1960s London Sketches :Pub (Peter Davis, 1962, 16 mins); Chelsea Bridge Boys (Peter Davis, Staffan Lamm, 1965, 31 mins); Strip (Peter Davis, Staffan Lamm, Don DeFina, 1966, 26 mins)
• Original trailer
• Illustrated booklet with essay by controversial novelist and critic Stewart Howe, biographies, recollections, contemporary review and original promotional material

UK | 1964 | colour | English language, with optional English hard-of-hearing subtitles | 76 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1

Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48k/24-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | PCM mono audio (320kbps)