Red, White and Zero

Synopsis
A portmanteau feature composed of three shorts, RIDE OF THE VALKYRIE, THE WHITE BUS AND TED AND BLUE.
Comic legend Zero Mostel stars as an opera singer navigating the London transport network as he attempts to reach Covent Garden in RIDE OF THE VALYRIE.
Scripted by Shelagh Delaney, THE WHITE BUS blends realism, drama and poetry as a despondent young woman travels home to the North of England.
Vanessa Redgrave stars in Richardson’s romantic reverie and musical featurette RED AND BLUE.
Extras:
-ABOUT THE WHITE BUS (1968, 59 mins): documentary on the making of Lindsay Anderson’s segment.
-Lindsay Anderson Introduction/Stills Gallery (1968, 5 mins) an audio recording of Anderson addressing the NFT in 1968, played over stills
-BEHIND THE SCENES OF RED AND BLUE: Kevin Brownlow’s 16mm footage of cast and crew.
-Kevin Brownlow on Red, White and Zero (2018, 15 mins): the Red and Blue and The White Bus editor on making the films.
-Billy Williams on Red and Blue (2018, 14 mins): the cinematographer recalls working with Tony Richardson on the third segment
-NO ARKS (1969, 7 mins): political cartoonist Abu’s satirical reworking of the Noah story,
narrated by Vanessa Redgrave
-Audio commentary by Adrian Martin
-Illustrated booklet with new writing by Sarah Wood, Paul Fairclough, So Mayer, Philip Kemp and Katy McGahan, plus full film credits.
Series
Bfi Flipside
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of production
1967
Subjects
Social Studies; Film studies
Keywords
British cinema; 1960s

Credits

Director
Lindsay Anderson; Peter Brook; Tony Richardson
Contributor
Vanessa Redgrave; Zero Mostel

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£14.99
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
98 minutes
Year
2019

Distributor

Name

BFI Video

Email
video.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7957 8957
Fax
020 7957 8968
Address
21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
 

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