| Description | The file contains:
Copies of reviews of 'My Childhood' and the trilogy as a whole from newspapers in Melbourne and los Angeles and from 'Le Monde' (in French) from 1978-79. Copy of review in social work magazine 'Community Care' in 1980.
'In and Out of Sync' The Village Voice, pg 56 (17 May 1983); London Film Makers Co-op programme (Jun 1985); materials sent from the BFI including stills from the film, a poster of the reissue of the trilogy on video as a trilogy and a collection of reviews; Cassette recording of Critics Forum Radio 3 review of 'The Trilogy' with Anthony Thwaite, Paul Barker, Margaret Drabble, Edward Lucie-Smith and includes segments of interview with Bill Douglas by Sonia Shea.
Items held by Bill Douglas Cinema Museum: bound review book of Douglas' 'Trilogy', created by the BFI and signed by Douglas. |
| AdminHistory | Though produced by the BFI for a mere fifty thousand pounds, the Bill Douglas 'Trilogy' was and continues to be heralded as "not just a milestone, but as one of the heroic achievements of the British cinema" (Philip French, 'The Observer' 1978). Both individually and as a whole, the trilogy has been praised by critics around the world. Its bleak realism contributed a new cinematic texture to the British film industry and defined Douglas as one of Britain's pre-eminent auteurs. |