peteg's blog - noise - movies - 2011 05 24 ThisSportingLife

This Sporting Life (1963)

Tue, May 24, 2011./noise/movies | Link

A William Hartnell segue from Brighton Rock. Richard Harris is pretty good here but probably better in his late-career effort with Jim Sheridan, The Field. It's all a bit too violent for my tastes; on the rugby league field is one thing, domestically quite another. I guess it captures the postwar restlessness and ambition of the British film industry. Directed by Karel Reisz.