The Committee (1968) Starring: Paul Jones with: Tom Kempinski and Robert Lloyd, and: Pauline Munroe and Jimmy Gardner Directed by: Peter Sykes Produced and Written by: Max Steuer Featured Interlude: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Musical Score composed and performed by: Pink Floyd Director of Photography:Ian Wilson Interview by Oscar winning director Jon Blair with Max Steuer and Peter Sykes ---- This controversial document of Britain in the 60s is a filmed record of an talented group of improvisatory performers. Its a razor sharp satire on everything from draft evasion and black militancy to middle-class pot-heads and blind-dating. Starring Paul Jones of Manfred Mann fame, The Committee uses a surreal murder to explore the tension and conflict between bureaucracy on one side, and individual freedom on the other. The film offers all the spontaneity and electricity of the live performance in the creative talents of The Committee, including a musical performance by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Furthermore, it features a spooky incidental sound-track music (never issued on record) by the just-post Syd Barrett Pink Floyd! A little-known curio of the 1960s, this surreal art-house fare stars Manfred Manns Paul Jones as a wayward drifter, and features a sound track by Pink Floyd that has been much-coveted throughout the years, while remaining virtually unavailable. The unnamed central character (Jones) is hitchhiking to an unknown destination when he decides, without motivation, to cut off his drivers head. He sews it back on and he and the driver part ways, with no immediate repercussions until Jones is summoned before a mysterious Committee, who will decide the nature of his punishment. A meditation on the conflict between bureaucratic control and individual expression, the film also boasts legendary 60s figure Arthur Browns performance of his hit song Fire. After producing this highly-articulate, black-and-white fable that encapsulated many of the concerns of the era, director Max Steuer went on to become a Reader Emeritus at the London School of Economics, while his controversial work faded into relative obscurity until its much-later commercial release. youtu.be/sW1bxwDT4FA
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