The London Nobody Knows

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Mike K @Cinemarama Dec 29 Thought provoking film, shot around poorer areas of London, that makes a contrast with 'swinging' London of the 1960s. Some of the locations and people would not be out of place in the Victorian London of a Charles Dickens novel. I was quite shocked when I first viewed this documentary type film. Would like to watch it again. See more 11/16/2011 James Mason walks around some of the seedier, less frequented parts of 1960s London - a dilapidated music hall, a Victorian public convenience complete with ornamental fish tank and a Salvation Army dosshouse. This being 1967, it's not a straight-up documentary and there is a rather surreal interlude in an egg breaking factory (!?), but it doesn't spoil things too much. I could listen to James Mason's rich, fruity tones all day - if anybody could make The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (or insert your own choice of incredibly dull topic here) come alive, he could. Thankfully, he's got some great material to work with, filled with human interest. He's a brilliant guide, making warm, witty and at times trenchant observations, whilst picking his way through the neglected backwaters of London, before the wrecking crews move in and such places are lost forever. Snappy editing and crisp colours give the film some striking visual poetry, and the soundtrack is great too. Half a mark deducted for the shots of squirming eels, intercut with shots of their dead cousins being served up to hungry Cockneys. Yeuch. See more 07/04/2009 James Mason wanders round in a flat cap with an umbrella pointing at things. Interesting. See more 03/06/2009 James Mason should have travelled the world making documentaries like this one, they would have been classics! I really enjoyed this, how about a sequel for posterity? Who would be the new Mason though? hmmmm See more 07/03/2008 WILD! A brilliant, WEIRD documentary about Victorian London, made in the swinging 60s, showing the history/forgotten places as James Mason wanders round in a flat cap with an umbrella pointing at things. Utterly GLORIOUS. See more 04/24/2008 A very British film experience, complete with James mason wxing lyrical about the victorian era, whilst stood in a London torn apart from war bombs. grand. See more Read all reviews

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