Harold Pinter's The Collection (1976 TV) part 4 of 6

[jnmklo9]

McDowell towers above all but the script as usual annoying but admittedly - through gritted teeth - effective. Not a big fan of Pinter though.

[CultureJudge]

Amazing framing in the shot of Mirren with her head back and legs crossed on the sofa. Photography like that is a lost art in today's TV.

[Larkinchance]

I thought the cat was very realistic

[clemdane]

Interesting. I thought it was left deliberately ambiguous whether McDowell and Olivier were lovers, though it was also what I suspected.

[clemdane]

Four brilliant performances by four of my favorite actors. Perfect Pinter.

McDowell was such a beautiful boy. At the beginning I thought he was meant to be Olivier's "rent boy." I found the scene where Bates confronted McDowell to have some of the same erotic charge of dominance and submission as the scenes between Dirk Bogarde and James Fox in The Servant. Or was I imagining that?

[Zatwa]

Reading up on Pinter a little it seems Harry and Bill are a couple, something I completely missed. And I think the tension between Bill and Bates' character is intentional as well. All part of Pinter's subtle intricacy. Great stuff.

[RobinSandza]

@clemdane You're absolutely RIGHT! I totally agree with you. Perfect and brilliant! I also have seen The Servant, great reference! T'was love at the first sight for me with that TV version of The Collection.