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Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director.
Basil Dearden. Director: Sapphire. A former stage director, Basil Dearden entered films as an assistant to director Basil Dean (he changed his name from Dear to avoid being confused with Dean).
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Apr 17, 2021 · Basil Dearden’s 1961 film, Victim, represents a significant moment in British film history. Released into a world where sex between adult men in the United Kingdom was a heavily policed crime, it is the first British film to use the word homosexual inside a narrative that thoughtfully and unsensationally captures the cumulative ...
As film studies grope beyond auteurism towards a greater recognition of the importance of collaboration and versatility, the contribution of Basil Dearden and his collaborator Michael Relph might be more generously acknowledged.
Basil Dearden. Director: Sapphire. A former stage director, Basil Dearden entered films as an assistant to director Basil Dean (he changed his name from Dear to avoid being confused with Dean).
Jan 25, 2011 · Delving into such sensitive issues as racism, homophobia, and middle-class malaise, these films by Dearden form a portrait of London as a city on simmer, a culture primed for revolution. Like many of his era, Dearden, born Basil Dear, entered cinema through the stage door.
Though there’s a world of difference between the mundane working class milieu explored by Sapphire and the more cosmopolitan and talent-fueled social scene of All Night Long, Basil Dearden’s indifference toward pontificating on the mixed-race theme indicates a subtle but tangible shift in attitudes, a movement in the right direction as more ...
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Apr 30, 2021 · Unlike Alfred Hitchcock, Basil Dearden chose to remain at home and explore the problems facing his compatriots as they stood alone against the Nazis and then struggled to come to terms with the very different world that emerged after their defeat.
Dearden dabbled in TV, directing the pilot episode of The Persuaders, and his career was still healthy when he died in a car crash in 1971. Dearden is seen by critics as a workmanlike director who so typified the norms of 50s cinema that he is hardly worthy of discussion.
Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden’s London Underground. After mastering the mix of comedy, suspense, and horror that helped define the golden age of British cinema, Basil Dearden (along with his producing partner Michael Relph) left the legendary Ealing Studios and struck out on his own.
