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Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
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September 1981 (UK) morePlot:
Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion... full summary | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
My brief review of the film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julie Christie | ... | 'D' |
 | Christopher Guard | ... | Gerald |
| Leonie Mellinger | ... | Emily Mary Cartwright |
| Debbie Hutchings | ... | June |
| Nigel Hawthorne | ... | Victorian Father |
| Pat Keen | ... | Victorian Mother |
| Georgina Griffiths | ... | Victorian Emily |
| Christopher Tsangarides | ... | Victorian Son |
| Mark Dignam | ... | Newsvendor |
| Alison Dowling | ... | Janet White |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | Prof. White |
| Rowena Cooper | ... | Mrs. White |
| Barbara Hicks | ... | Woman on Waste Ground |
| John Comer | ... | Man Delivering Emily |
| Adrienne Byrne | ... | Maureen |
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The sets, lighting design and foreboding music score all match the gloominess of the material here well, and the atmosphere that these combined elements achieve is what keeps the film relatively intriguing. The first third definitely works better than the final third of the film though, as in the beginning one is trying to decipher what it is all about, and towards the end it just drags, and it looks like it is building up to some revelation, yet at the end nothing new is revealed. The plot is really strange, with many different elements of science fiction worked in, ranging from portholes to the notion of a dire dystopia. It seems somewhat messy, but even so, some have been able to find their own meanings in it, so the film is probably worth a look if it sounds interesting. I would not call it a brilliant film myself, but it definitely does have some elements that will be of interest to certain viewers.