Return to Waterloo (1984)An unnamed Traveler boards the Guildford-Waterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers. Director:Ray DaviesWriter:Ray Davies |
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Return to Waterloo (1984)An unnamed Traveler boards the Guildford-Waterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers. Director:Ray DaviesWriter:Ray Davies |
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Boy Punk
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Kenneth Colley | ... |
The Traveller
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Claire Parker | ... |
Walkman Girl
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| Ray Davies | ... |
Subway Singer
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Sue Vanner | ... |
Sexy Girl
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Michael Fish | ... |
Himself
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Valerie Holliman | ... |
Traveler's Wife
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Aaron Probyn | ... |
Small Boy Traveller
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Wanda Rokicki | ... |
School Teacher
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Dominique Barnes | ... |
Traveller's Daughter
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Christopher Godwin | ... |
Businessman
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Michael Cule | ... |
Businessman
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Hywel Williams-Ellis | ... |
Young Businessman
(as Hywel Williams Ellis)
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Allan Mitchell | ... |
Headmaster
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Timothy Davies | ... |
Father, Horsley Station
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An unnamed Traveler boards the Guildford-Waterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers.
The ambiguity of everything in this film is its hook and its fascination.
The Traveller *may* be a serial rapist. He *may* be an incestuous child abuser. He *may* be unemployed but pretending to still have a job. And so on.
And Ray isn't telling; we have to decide for ourselves.
Ray Davies is, after all, the man who wrote "Lola" -- the song whose whole meaning turns on the listener's interpretation of one of the most ambiguous sentences ever written in the English language.
Many of the songs from the film -- in different arrangements -- are to be found on the Kinks' "Word of Mouth" album. There is also a "Return" soundtrack album -- good luck finding a copy.