The Committee

The Committee starring Paul Jones of Manfred Mann fame is a unique document of Britain in the 1960s After a very successful run in Londons West End in 1968 viewings of this controversial movie have been few and far between Stunning black and white camera work by Ian Wilson brings to life this chilling fable by Max Steuer a lecturer now Reader Emeritus at the London School of Economics Avoiding easy answers The Committee uses a surreal murder to explore the tension and conflict between bureaucracy on one side and individual freedom on the other Many films such as Total Recall Fahrenheit 451 and Camus The Stranger see the state as ignorant and repressive and pass over the inevitable weaknesses lying deep in individuals Drawing on the ideas of RD Laing a psychologically hip state faces an all too human protagonist