New Arrival Deep End (Region B) USED

What could have been just another coming-of-age story is transformed by an absurdist sensibility, uninhibited performances and a heightened use of colour… a defining British work, as well as one of the most acute screen portraits of London. Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 1 May 2011 After co-writing Knife in the Water (1962) with Roman Polanski, Jerzy Skolimowski directed a number of powerful, politically-engaged films in his native Poland. Like his compatriot, Skolimowski came to Britain in the mid 1960s and made a number of fascinating and unusual films, including The Shout (1978) and Moonlighting (1982). Perhaps best-known amongst these films is Deep End, a German-UK co-production principally shot in Munich, but set in London. In the film a fresh-faced employee (John Moulder-Brown) at a run-down London swimming baths obsesses after his sassy and self-assured co-worker (played by Jane Asher) whilst collecting tips for the special services he is expected to perform for his middle-aged female clients (including Diana Dors, making an unforgettable cameo appearance). Other foreign directors have effectively used their outsiders eye to capture the essence of Britishness in their films see also Jules Dassins Night and the City (1950) and Tomas Alfredsons Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).