![]() ![]() Performance (1970), also with James Fox, offers another claustrophobic take on later 1960s London. Pinter and American émigré Losey went on to collaborate on Accident (1967) and The Go-Between (1970). Berrima, in fact, was merely a little paddock which had been carved out of the wilderness. ![]() Sarah Miles as Barrett’s ‘sister’ and Wendy Craig as Tony’s girlfriend are convincing, but it’s foppish Fox and slippery Bogarde who dominate, their conflict depicted in director Joseph Losey’s precisely constructed compositions. Quotes by Robin Maugham () The whole district of Australia where I lived was just a small plot in the immensity of the huge continent whose fringes only had been explored. It opened at London's Warner Theatre on 14 November 1963. The Servant stars Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and James Fox. It was written by Harold Pinter, who adapted Robin Maugham's 1948 novella. “The thing that is most exhilarating about the film is that it has been written by someone who is obviously excited by the cinema and made by someone who obviously respects words.”Īdapted by celebrated playwright Harold Pinter from a story by Robin Maugham, The Servant sees spoiled young aristocrat Tony (James Fox) carelessly recruit a servant, Barrett (Dirk Bogarde), whose deferential demeanour belies the resentment, ambition and even sadism that will see him incrementally seek to assume Tony’s position for himself.Įxplicitly class-conscious, The Servant plays out as a savage struggle for power, with property, sex and social assurance both the weapons and the prizes. The Servant is a 1963 British drama film directed by Joseph Losey. ![]()
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