New Arrival Permissive (Region B)

A darkly authentic tale of sex, drugs and jealousy, set to a cult prog rock soundtrack

When Suzy arrives in London to visit an old school friend, she is unwittingly plunged into the ruthless world of the ‘groupie’. Fuelled by sex, drugs and jealousy, her new lifestyle fosters in her a cold, cynical instinct for survival.But tragedy is never far away.

With its effective blend of gritty location work, brooding flash-forward devices, and a soundtrack by cult acid folk and prog rock legends Comus, Forever More who also star and Titus Groan,Permissiveis a dark British countercultural artefact that is shot through with grim authenticity. As a bonus, this release also includes Stanley Long’s ultra-rareBread,a film which, whilst exploring the same cultural milieu asPermissive(and featuring its own bona fide cult British rock band, Juicy Lucy), takes a somewhat more light-hearted approach to its subject.

BFI Flipsideis dedicated to rediscovering the margins of British film, reclaiming a space for forgotten movies and filmmakers who would otherwise be in danger of disappearing from our screens forever. It is a home for UK cinematic oddities, offering everything from exploitation documentaries to B-movies, countercultural curios and obscure classics, If it’s weird, British and forgotten, then it’s Flipside.

Extras

• Dual Format Edition: includes both the Blu-ray and the DVD of the film and the extras
• All films remastered to High Definition
• OriginalPermissivetrailer
• Bread(Stanley Long, 1971, 68 mins): whilst hitch-hiking back from the Isle of Wight Festival, a group of friends decide to stage their own music event. But how will they afford it?
• Bread deleted scenes (17 mins): newly transferred from the original negative
• Ave You Got a Male Assistant Please Miss? (Graham Jones, Jon Astley, 1973, 4 mins):
• Extensive illustrated booklet with contributions by I Q Hunter and Lee Dorrian, and Comus band-members