Part of the retrospective on Joseph Losey at BIFF 2002, The Damned perhaps wasn't the best film to be introduced to this amazing mans works. Widely regarded as his worst film, it is easy to see why; sloppily scripted, casting a nightmare and an editor that didn't fully understand the images he was cutting together, its hard to get into this film as it veers from Clockwork Orange-like violence in its opening reel through to gang thuggery through to opposites attract by the end.
Notable for one of the first screen appearances of Oliver Reed, this film does suffer from many faults. I've seen how far Losey can fall, the others in the retrospective can hopefully show me how far he can rise.
Notable for one of the first screen appearances of Oliver Reed, this film does suffer from many faults. I've seen how far Losey can fall, the others in the retrospective can hopefully show me how far he can rise.