- Separation at IMDb
- Review and report from the screening of the remastered version at the British Film Institute, 14 July 2009.
| Separation | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jack Bond |
| Written by | Jane Arden |
| Produced by | Jack Bond |
| Starring | Jane Arden |
| Cinematography | Aubrey Dewar David Muir |
| Edited by | Michael Johns |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
Production company | Bond Films |
Release date | 25 March 1968 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Separation is a 1968 British experimental drama film written by and starring Jane Arden and directed by Jack Bond.[1] In addition to Jane Arden, the film stars the British actors David de Keyser and Iain Quarrier. The mostly black and white film occasionally cuts to colour sequences.
The film concerns the inner life of a woman during a period of breakdown - marital and possibly mental. Her past and (possible?) future are revealed through a fragmented but brilliantly achieved and often humorous narrative, in which dreams and desires are as real as Swinging London, the film's setting.
The film was shot around London and at Caravel Studios and was completed at Twickenham Film Studios.
The film features on its soundtrack music by Stanley Myers, one song ("Salad Days") by the British rock group Procol Harum and instrumental music by Procol's original Hammond organist Matthew Fisher.
After its release, Separation was thought lost and was barely known for decades until its re-release.
The film was restored by the British Film Institute for DVD and Blu-ray Disc and re-released in the UK on 13 July 2009. Another edition of the DVD, with a different cover photo and music credits for Procol Harum on the front cover and for Stanley Myers, Procol Harum and Matthew Fisher on the back cover, was released in the US in March, 2010. Separation was released on DVD in the U.S. for the first time on 30 March 2010 by Microcinema.