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Never
Apologise: The Collected Writings of Lindsay Anderson.Edited
by Paul Ryan.
Published by Plexus, November 2004. Reviews:'The fechter who fought for life' by Mamoun Hassan
Review of Never Apologise: The Collected Writings Lindsay Anderson
edited by Paul Ryan andThe Diaries, edited by Paul Sutton.
It is almost impossible to take a detached view of Lindsay Anderson
or his work. Everything he did - his films, his theatre productions,
his writings - and, equally important, everything he was, challenges
one to take sides or, as he would have preferred to put it, to "commit".
But this was often the beginning, not the end, of the journey. He considered
himself - and he was - a political and social film-maker, but he never
articulated a clear political philosophy. Exactly what to commit to
was never straightforward... 'O difficult man!' by Philip French
Sunday December 5, 2004. The Observer.
Review of Never Apologise: The Collected Writings Lindsay Anderson
edited by Paul Ryan andThe Diaries, edited by Paul Sutton.
Lindsay Anderson, who died 10 years ago at the age of 71, was a
major figure on the British cultural scene for much of the second half
of the twentieth century, as film critic (beginning with the influential
magazine Sequence he edited for five years after the Second World War),
as director of documentaries, feature films and commercials and as theatre
director in the West End and on Broadway... 'Telling it straight' by David Storey
Saturday December 11, 2004. The Guardian.
Review of Never Apologise: The Collected Writings Lindsay Anderson
edited by Paul Ryan.
The artist must always bite the hand that feeds him. He must always
aim beyond the limits of tolerance. His duty is to be a monster"
(1963). Lindsay Anderson certainly had a flair - some would say a genius
- for making enemies ("always the right ones"), and an even
greater flair, if not genius, for making friends and sustaining friendships:
the fact that "love was not enough" was part of the pain that
characterised much of his estrangement from the world by which he found
himself surrounded... back |
