Accident (1967)

Director:

Joseph Losey

Writers:

Nicholas Mosley (novel)
Harold Pinter (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 June 1967 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

Stephen is a married Oxford professor experiencing the pangs of a mid-life crisis as he begins to bristle...

Plot Keywords:

Professor | Oxford | Attraction | Flashback | Obsession

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Dirk Bogarde	...	Stephen
Stanley Baker	...	Charley
Jacqueline Sassard	...	Anna
Michael York	...	William
Vivien Merchant	...	Rosalind
Delphine Seyrig	...	Francesca
Alexander Knox	...	Provost
Ann Firbank	...	Laura
Brian Phelan	...	Police Sergeant
Terence Rigby	...	Plain Clothed Policeman
Freddie Jones	...	Man in Bell's Office
Jill Johnson	...	Secretary
Jane Hillary	...	Receptionist
Maxwell Findlater	...	Ted
Carole Caplin	...	Clarissa

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Canterbury Quad, St. John's College, St Giles', Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Royal Avenue Chelsea

Trivia:

Dirk Bogarde was second choice for Stephen.

Quotes:

Charley: [reading from learned journal] A statistical analysis of sexual intercourse at Kolenzo University, Milwaukee showed... that 70% did it in the evening, 29.9% between 2 and 4 in the afternoon and 0.1% during a lecture on Aristotle.
Aged Professor: I'm surprised to hear that Aristotle is on the syllabus in the State of Wisconsin.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Le samouraï (1967)

Trippy and Sexual

This film throws the morals straight out of the window and I love it for it. Clearly a rather artistic films. Losey does a lot of stuff not common at the time nor since. There's a great deal of stuff that in a way reminds me of Godard and Resnais in this one, though it's far away from a rip-off, it was really more in mood and spirit.

The plot starts out with a car accident and the protagonist played by the fabulous Dirk Bogarde discovers it. From that we see the leading events which could be taken as a sort of satire or more so criticism of the uk moral system. Subtle in a non-subtle way would be the best way to explain this film it's slow but trippy and has large underlaying sexual themes.

An odd peculiarity I must say. My first from Losey, I expect to see lots more.