Another British film that I rate very highly is John Schlesinger’s Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971 staring Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson and Murray Head.
It is an incredibly well paced and cinematically elegant film, with wonderful performances from Jackson and Finch. They are involved in a love triangle with the same man. Finch plays a gay GP with incredible sympathy.
The film is a microcosm of 70’s middle class Britain. In the closing scene, Finch is seen learning Italian from a recording. He abruptly stops, looks up and addresses the cinema audience directly in the most touching way, summarising his life, living alone and being gay.
The film caused a sensational at the time for showing Finch and Head kissing full on the lips. Frivolous now, but 40 years ago things were quite different.
Two see Finch's moving closing scene, in a continuous 2.5 minute shot, and hear Mozart's wonderful trio from Così fan tutte from the closing titles click here.