The previous long-form Alan Clarke thing was kinda untypical for him — i.e., “spiritual” and stuff.
This looks like more of the real thing.
I don’t really find this guy’s performance very convincing, and he’s the eponymous Horace. He’s supposed to be developmentally challenged, but it’s kinda eeeeh…
I betcha there’s gonna be a tragedy.
Pretty convincingly dirty, but they’ve spent too much time on the hair — you can see all the work that’s gone into making it look uneven and jagged.
This is quite strange, even as social realist BBC TV movies from the 70s go. I mean, just the way Clarke has filmed it makes it very tense… Where is it going!? It feels like it’s going towards a tragedy, but what is the tragedy going to be? There’s so many possibilities.
OK, this guy is even more odd than the two protagonists. Nice to have a contrast!
Did I misjudge the movie altogether? Is this a comedy instead of a tragedy?
His performance has grown on me. It’s not quite convincing, but it’s interesting.
OK, this wasn’t as sad as I thought it was going to be, but it’s still plenty sad. So I was half right.
Pretty good, though.
Horace. Alan Clarke. 1972. ⚃
