There are two mixed-race relationships that are not remarked upon throughout the film, and a couple of characters are seen smoking spliffs which look like cigarillos for some reason. And Sadie, their beautiful and enigmatic daughter, has miraculously taken an interest in him. Brilliantly conceived and exquisitely observed, Lydia Fitzpatrick's debut shines as brightly as its title. McGoohan's Johnny stalks around the proceedings dripping poison in everyone's ear as he attempts to manipulate the evening's events to propel himself into the big time, smuggling away Delia from the group and her marriage to be his singer. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. Director Basil Dearden delivers a Noirish curio in All Night Long, an entertaining update of Shakespeare's Othello set in the London jazz scene of the early '60s. Rex assaults Delia and makes public accusations about her fidelity.
In the ensuing conversations, everyone, including Johnnie's neglected wife Emily, eventually realises that Johnny has fabricated the entire story. If you happen to disagree with such views, do yourself a favour and start, or post in, your own blog rather than remind me of the fact that mine is a somewhat alternative voice in society - I already know that, thank you very much. Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, One Story, Glimmer Train, and elsewhere. A rich tale of belonging and the pull of homes both native and adopted, Lights All Night Long is a spellbinding story of the fierce bond between brothers determined to find a way back to each other. Full of tender hopes and hard truths, Lydia Fitzpatrick's first novel marks the debut of a gifted storyteller. All Night Long is principally a showcase for its music, and if jazz is your thing the vibes are cool. Isn't it just a thing of design brilliance? This film's a real favourite - I'm also reminded of The Prisoner when the catering staff exit to the tune of Pop Goes The Weasel, a musical motif that was used occasionally in Prisoner episodes.
The indecipherable language of loss, love, and longing is normally impossible to understand. The release was a big hit for Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull. As the scholarly music buff Attenborough wisely plays it straight, as does Harris as the film's version of Othello, leaving McGoohan to steal the show as the irredeemably unpleasant Cousin, a juiced-up, reefer-toking sociopath who spurns his wife, edits together an incriminating recording of Delia, turns on reformed dope-fiend Cass Michell with his potent little spliffs, and, at the end of the film, is left drowning out his torment with a pummeling drum solo, which the actor appears to be performing himself. Johnny's back-stabbing costs Cass his job. But stirring things up in the background is Rex's borderline insane drummer Johnnie Cousin McGoohan , who'll stop at nothing to form his own band with Delia, even if he has to destroy her marriage to Rex in the process. Playing live are Brubeck, Mingus, saxman Dankworth and a host of other early 1960s jazz luminaries. With the help of Sadie, who has secrets of her own, Ilya embarks on a mission to prove Vladimir's innocence.
The result is one of the most propulsive, un-put-downable literary novels I've read in ages. Lydia Fitzpatrick writes with cinematic clarity about life on margins of contemporary Russia and America. . In reworking the Bard, the scriptwriting team of Nel King and 'Peter Achilles' - the pseudonym for blacklisted exiled American Paul Jarrico - shift some of the focus from the titular character of the Moor, depicted here as jazz band leader Aurelius Rex Paul Harris and onto his duplicitous, malevolent drummer Johnny Cousin played to slimy, jittery perfection by the great Patrick McGoohan. Running time 91 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English All Night Long is a 1962 British directed by , and starring , , , , and. One other aspect that sets this film apart from others of its era is its laid-back attitude toward topics that were still largely considered to be taboo in the early 60s. Finally it settles on, if not a happy ending, then at least a less unhappy one than might have been predicted, but the real reason for turning up is to see the manic McGoohan, to hear Brubeck and Mingus at play, and to catch the thousand bpm bongo solo that flutters through the score.
What's intriguing now is the un-self-conscious treatment of racial issues, and the seriousness with which the story's enacted. The song was also included in Iglesias's album. Then, when his plot is uncovered and all his plans lie in tatters, he delivers a blistering finale in a scene that, had the rest of the movie reached the same heights, would have marked the entire thing as a classic. It was released in March 2019 and peaked at number 5 on the Swedish charts and was certified gold on 16 April 2019. The two have always been close, spending their days dreaming of escaping to America. Who ever thought Patrick McGoohan, the phlegmatic star of 'Danger Man' and 'The Prisoner', would give vent to his ruinous self-loathing with a rattling drum solo? The dated hipster dialogue may appear occasionally contrived or just plain cringeworthy to some but I think it lends to the retro appeal now inherent in the production, and at least its delivered relatively well by the assembled cast.
At last, thankfully, we have Lydia Fitzpatrick to interpret it. Piecing together the timeline of the murders and Vladimir's descent into addiction, Ilya discovers the radical lengths to which Vladimir has gone to protect him--a truth he could only have learned by leaving him behind. Archived from on 31 December 2016. The film isn't tight - drop the jazz and it could run at half the length - but you sense the project's ambition. Told in no uncertain terms that Delia has no intention of resuming her career, Johnny begins a series of machinations at the party designed to make Rex believe that Delia has been having an affair with Cass, the band's manager. He promises to persuade Delia to come out of retirement and resume performing, having been told that this is the only way his band will be backed. How that got into the charts I will never know.
It is implied that Delia and Rex resume their relationship. For all its hepcat jive, the film's plot sticks fairly closely to Shakespeare's romantic tragedy. First and foremost, this blog is primarily for myself and for like minded people. There was physical violence, sure, but it was the result of McGoohan's scheming and manipulation. Just before Ilya left, the murders of three young women rocked the town's usual calm, and Vladimir found himself in prison. The film features performances by several prominent British and American jazz musicians. Taken from his second solo album, , it combined Richie's soulful style with influences.
Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N. Beyond the brothers' crystalline characterizations, Fitzpatrick gifts her intriguing debut with elegant prose, affecting images, and rich settings. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 25. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are - unless otherwise stated - mine and mine alone. I think, on reflection, with Attenborough who is one of my favourite actors by the way it's not so much that he's long in the tooth, it's more that he was by that stage in his career known for more mature and weighty parts that belonged almost to the previous generation and that's why seeing him here is a teensy bit jarring. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, a fiction fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a recipient of an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant. The story, written by Nel King and , writing under the name Peter Achilles, is an updated version of , set in the London scene of the 1960s.