#727: CLAYTON, Jack: The Innocents (1961)
CLAYTON, Jack (United States)
The Innocents [1961]
Spine #727
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
This genuinely frightening, exquisitely made supernatural gothic stars Deborah Kerr as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James's classic The Turn of the Screw, cowritten by Truman Capote and directed by Jack Clayton, The Innocents is a triumph of narrative economy and technical expressiveness, from its chilling sound design to the stygian depths of its widescreen cinematography by Freddie Francis.
100 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2014
Director/Writers
Based on the story The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
Additional scenes and dialogue by John Mortimer.
Screenplay by William Archibald and Truman Capote.
Jack Clayton was 40 when he directed The Innocents.
The Film
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twelve page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Maitland McDonagh.
Commentary
Featuring cultural historian Christopher Frayling.
Introduction
By Frayling.
Interview
With DP John Bailey about DP Freddie Francis and the look of the film.
Piece
On the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2006 with Francis, editor Jim Clark, and script supervisor Pamela Mann Francis.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Maitland McDonagh.
Commentary
Featuring cultural historian Christopher Frayling.
Introduction
By Frayling.
Interview
With DP John Bailey about DP Freddie Francis and the look of the film.
Piece
On the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2006 with Francis, editor Jim Clark, and script supervisor Pamela Mann Francis.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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