Movies: Peter Walmsley

  • 1981
    Othello

    Othello (1981)

    Othello

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    Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides to his friend -- who had hoped to marry Desdemona -- that he serves Othello to further his own ends. V...

    Othello
  • 1982
    King Lear

    King Lear (1982)

    King Lear

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    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and t...

    King Lear
  • 1981
    Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida (1981)

    Troilus & Cressida

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    The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after her father exchanges Cressida for a Trojan prisoner, the war becomes personal for he...

    Troilus & Cressida
  • 1983
    The Ploughman's Lunch

    The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)

    The Ploughman's Lunch

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    As England begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deceptio...

    The Ploughman's Lunch
  • 1986
    The Queen Is Dead

    The Queen Is Dead (1986)

    The Queen Is Dead

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    Three song clips by The Smiths ('The Queen is Dead', 'There is a Light that Never Goes Out' and 'Panic'), all directed with an artistic and conceptual vision by the late Derek Jarman. The result is the junction of the powerful lyrics and melodies by ...

    The Queen Is Dead