Movies

Rattle of a Simple Man (1964) Muriel Box's last film as a director, written by Charles Dyer from his stage play. Harry H. Corbett is a shy bumbler down from Manchester to see the football match and his mates goad him into going home with a b-girl, played by Diane Cilento. It is very much a two-person one-room stage play with some framing sequences tacked on for cinematic purposes, and runs you through much the usual flip-flops and turn-arounds you get when you stick two dissimilar strangers in a situation of forced intimacy. It develops both characters sympathetically and intelligently, and is overall a good experience. If you want to see one of these, that doesn't get too harsh or ugly as they sometimes do, this is an okay one to see. 6/10