Requiem for a Village
- Year: 1975
- Country of origin: UK
- Genre: Drama
- Director: David Gladwell
- Length: 68 min
Critical Perspective
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[An] unclassifiable mood piece that starts off as a narrative-free ode to country life with ominous shots of a bulldozer raising the English earth into a chaotic heap. … It’s an amazing film to watch if you’re willing to go along with its idiosyncratic rhythms, and there’s certainly nothing else like it out there. Though not strictly horror, it certainly has an otherwordly atmosphere to it potent enough to merit its inclusion in the essential folk horror documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021).
Nathaniel Thompson, Requiem for a Village Blu-ray review (Mondo Digital, 2022)
Requiem for a Village Blu-ray editions
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| Disc Extras | Indicator BD-ALL/US 2022 | BFI BD-ALL/UK/OOP 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Director/Writer David Gladwell, Moderated by Sam Dunn [“Requiem for a Village”] | ||
| Audio Commentary by Director/Writer David Gladwell, Moderated by Sam Dunn [Career Overview] | ||
| Stills Gallery | ||
| “28b Camden Street” - By David Gladwell | ||
| “A Summer Discord” - By David Gladwell | ||
| “Can Horses Sing?” - By Elizabeth Sussex, Edited by David Gladwell; with Optional Commentary Thirza Wakefield | ||
| “Miss Thompson Goes Shopping” - By David Gladwell | ||
| “New Way at Northgate” - By David Gladwell | ||
| “The Great Steam Fair” - By David Gladwell and Derrick Knight | ||
| Untitled Film - By David Gladwell |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Indicator’s Blu-ray includes a 38-page booklet with writing by Ben Nicholson and Adam Scovell.
- BFI’s Blu-ray includes a 32-page booklet with writing by Elizabeth Sussex (“‘Requiem for a Village’ - A Contemporary Review”) and Rob Young (“‘Requiem for a Village’: Cinema of the Anti-Scrape”).
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