David Gladwell

Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist who has taken an interest in him, will Tim try to pull himself out of the muck of teenage rebellion and ennui?

Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a catastrophic nuclear war; lawlessness and violence rule the day, and gangs of brutal youth roam the streets. With the help of her teenage companion Emily (Leonie Mellinger), D tries to make her way, and in order to cope, she often escapes into a fantasy world in which she lives in genteel Victorian surroundings in the 19th century.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a catastrophic nuclear war; lawlessness and violence rule the day, and gangs of brutal youth roam the streets. With the help of her teenage companion Emily (Leonie Mellinger), D tries to make her way, and in order to cope, she often escapes into a fantasy world in which she lives in genteel Victorian surroundings in the 19th century.

A translation to film of Raymond Williams’ 1973 book of the same title which traces images of ‘nature’ and ‘town’ through 200 years of English literature.

The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard.

The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard.

임페리얼 커피 컴퍼니의 판매사원인 믹 트래비스는 사원교육에서 진심 어린 미소로 좋은 평가를 받는다. 이로 인해 트래비스는 다른 사원들보다 빨리 실전에 투입되어 동북부 지역의 판매를 담당하게 된다. 하지만 커피 판매는 생각처럼 쉽지 않고, 트래비스는 예상치 못한 사건들에 휘말리게 된다. 1950년대 영국 프리시네마의 기수 앤더슨의 작품으로, 초현실적인 분위기가 가득한 코믹 판타지. 앤더슨은 트래비스의 파란만장한 세일즈 여정 속에서 자본주의의 허상을 짚어본다. 원안의 아이디어는 트래비스 역의 말콤 맥도웰의 경험에서 시작되었다고 한다.

An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.

David Gladwell's ground-breaking documentary about changes in a regional council's approach to caring for children with disabilities.

David Gladwell's ground-breaking documentary about changes in a regional council's approach to caring for children with disabilities.

모든 것이 군대식으로 계급화, 획일화된 영국의 전통적인 사립학교 기숙사. 반항적인 소년 믹 트래비스는 숨 막히는 예배의식과 권위주의적인 교사들, 강압적인 규율을 견디다 못해 두 친구와 함께 전쟁을 일으키기로 한다. 개교기념일을 맞이하여 지붕 위로 올라간 그들은 기관총을 난사하고, 군인 출신의 교장은 그들을 향해 발포를 명령한다. 개인의 자유를 부정하고 억압하는 권위적인 제도들에 대한 젊은 세대들의 선전포고와 전복적 가치관을 담고 있는 이 영화는 68혁명 당시의 분위기를 반영한 강렬한 시대정신과 제도교육에 대한 통렬한 비판이 초현실적인 미장센으로 그려지고 있다. 장 비고의 걸작 에 바치는 오마주이다

A white boy and a black Jamaican girl have a day out in a city where racial hostility prevails.

A community of sculptors (and a potter) face crisis as their London NW1 studios are threatened with demolition.

A community of sculptors (and a potter) face crisis as their London NW1 studios are threatened with demolition.

A community of sculptors (and a potter) face crisis as their London NW1 studios are threatened with demolition.

A BFI production from 1964, directed by David Gladwell, who is best known as an editor of films like Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968) and O Lucky Man! (1973). This short was shot at 200 fps, depicting a series of pastoral scenes from a British farm, edited to produce a suggestion of violence in contrast to its visual beauty.

Co-directed by innovative British filmmakers David Gladwell and Derrick Knight, The Great Steam Fair is a beautifully crafted documentary filmed at Shottesbrooke Park, Berkshire in 1964 at a nostalgic event which brought together many traditional fairground rides and steam engines. The film skilfully combines the techniques of traditional sponsored documentary with the new approaches of the direct cinema movement.

The planning, development and life of a new town exemplified by Harlow in South-East England, illustrating its problems and progress.

Co-directed by innovative British filmmakers David Gladwell and Derrick Knight, The Great Steam Fair is a beautifully crafted documentary filmed at Shottesbrooke Park, Berkshire in 1964 at a nostalgic event which brought together many traditional fairground rides and steam engines. The film skilfully combines the techniques of traditional sponsored documentary with the new approaches of the direct cinema movement.

A promotional film for the Reykjavík district heating. The film blends documentary footage with a narrative adventure following two kids who get lost in the overwhelming industrial environment of the district heating factory.

A look at some of the 3000 men who go through miners' rehabilitation centres each year, of whom 19 out of every 20 go back to mining.

A Centre Office of Information (COI) production about smoking.

This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours in the life of Waterloo Station.

Adaptation of Martin Armstrong's poem about an elderly lady who becomes perturbed by something we can't see. It becomes apparent that she is looking for her past, lost in a memory or the clutches of nostalgia. Miss Thompson's shopping trip to town is in chaotic contrast to the tranquil nature of her lonely home, which on return seems like paradise.

David Gladwell (Requiem for a Village) was just 20 years old when he made A summer Discord, an imaginative amateur, silent short film set in the countryside which tells the story of a little girl who is reprimanded by her mother. Of particular note is the film’s dark nightmare sequence which is shot in colour (unlike the rest of the film) and which anticipates Gladwell’s later, highly poetical films.

Elizabeth Sussex's exquisite documentary about a rural Scottish school, edited by Gladwell.