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As a film director and writer who has a similar distance between releases as Stanley Kubrick, one can only hope that Stephen Poliakoff does generate enough interest through the release of ‘Glorious 39’ to promote any further projects.
With the release of the unique ‘Hidden City’ in the 90’s, he revealed himself as a director who had a fascinating take on London as seen through the lead characters’ descent into the capital city.
A film of remarkable worth
Stephen Poliakoff’s strength as a director is not only in his direction to allow actors and actresses to do their work, but also show the lead character to gradually change their own perspective on their usually confronted reality.
However, ‘Glorious 39’ is of course well acted, well filmed and extremely recommended not only for Stephen Poliakoff’s captured style, where characters brush into paranoia, but also in captivating danger usually through politics, documents, family and World War II.
This undoubtedly is a film that aims high and the story, much like the excellent ‘Hidden City’, transcends into a film of remarkable worth, confronting arenas of what is unquestionably a turning point in England’s history.
Ventnor Library, in its’ vast thimble of nimbleness has ordered a work that may well be noted as worthwhile, brilliantly played out and word of mouth God-willing will not be so absent in persuading either Stephen Poliakoff to write and direct more films, or at least just one.
Yet, if there could be a campaign to re-release the splendid ‘Hidden City’ on Dvd, my voice of support is granted.
