Since Mr. Cooksey has provided a rundown of BFI's Blu-ray contents, I'll focus on the package's main feature: Essentially a plotless, 90-minute acid-rock music montage/psychedelic cautionary tale, 'Permissive' is as much a test of one's nerves as it is an exploitative ode to London's vacuous hippie-era groupie culture. That isn't to say there isn't something for certain tastes-a snapshot of Britain's seedier side circa 1970; abundant nudity and passionless softcore sex; omnipresent soundtrack by and gig footage of, among other noisemakers, a really hairy bar band called Forever More, which could as easily have been named Jerry Garcia Fronting Led Zeppelin and They Only Know Four Songs (later to re-form as The Average White Band!)-but for the sentient moviegoer, this is independent filmmaking at its most dreary and self-indulgent. Poorly shot, poorly acted, poorly written, poorly conceived, 'Permissive' earns 1/2 star for a couple down-and-dirty guitar riffs by my new favorite gaggle of unwashed electric minstrels. Print looks decent in hi-def, considering its grainy 35mm source, and sound quality is very good.
All films remastered to High Definition
Original Permissive trailer
Bread (Stanley Long, 1971, 67 mins)
Bread deleted scenes (13 mins)
'Ave You Got a Male Assistant Please Miss? (Graham Jones, Jon Astley, 1973, 4 mins): an unreservedly '70s take on the safe sex message
Extensive illustrated booklet with contributions by I Q Hunter and Lee Dorrian, and Comus band-members' recollections of working on the film
from Amazon UK.
Been looking for Bread for the Jucy Lucy Performance that is worth the price alone,
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