[…]that it was nominated for an Oscar meant that it was seen by people in on the west coast and it had two very good reviews from two prominent American critics, one of whom is still appearing weekly on television now he has his own corner I forgotten his name. So it was probably I suppose from most po[…]
[…]ms to me to be, well you probably think so, the atmosphere of the day.Absolutely. And, you see, the BBC in those days was extremely robust. If people criticised it, it would listen. I mean Haley was very meticulous in listening to complaints and then he would call up the programme and he would perha[…]
[…] a lot of good kids and less dementia because okay there was a lot of criticism of it from certain sections in film production like camera when it before&n[…]
[…]ing it without the writer performer. And since then again it'sJohn Taylor: Did you get much opposition on that form the establishment, was there much criticism from outside.Jimmy Gilbert: No it was hugely popularJohn Taylor: I can't believe that the establishmentJimmy Gilbert: No by today's standard[…]
[…]that it was that, rather than any particular orientation towards any reactionary or pro-fascist politics or anything of that kind, that prevented the criticism from reaching the screen. But it did, and sometimes it would be sheer ignorance, as for example when we tried to get censorship permission f[…]
[…]said "Well, gentlemen, any comments?" They said "Yeah! Ya' can't open with that like it is!" It's got a prologue and an epilogue in which the English critics come on, and they discuss the play - the author of which remained anonymous in Bernard Shaw's play. They said "Ya can't do that. Now we must r[…]
[…] minutes." And I went away and drafted one that would pass Spiers[?] and kept the other copy in my pocket - my original signal - which was very, very critical of the whole operation and the security breaks and everything else...Alan Lawson: Yes.David Prosser: ...er, which I considered, as a patriot […]
