Tony Scott stars in this.

Ridley Scott was 28 when he made this… and… it’s so juvenile? I would have guessed this was made by somebody much younger. It’s about how annoying his mum is and stuff.

Boy and Bicycle. Ridley Scott. 1965. ⚂

Hm, I don’t know… Is this a student exercise? It’s an extra on the Loving Memory (which was great) blu ray from the BFI.

This one’s got some good things going on, but…

One of the Missing. Tony Scott. 1969. ⚁

This is… not what I expected from a Tony Scott movie? It’s… it’s really powerful? And strange? And sad?

It kinda feels exploitative? “Look at these odd people from the countryside.” But… It’s riveting?

The 2K restoration by the BFI is quite nice… the image generally looks great, but they haven’t done a lot with some specific glitches, which would require a lot more manual work, I guess?

But it looks great. For the most part.

Rosamund Greenwood is absolutely amazeballs here. She’s totally this character.

I also really like how Scott sets up an O. Henry twist… and then it fails.

OOPS SPOILERS.

Loving Memory. Tony Scott. 1971. ⚅