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Against the background of the bombsites, warehouses and street markets of the late ‘fifties East End, 'Together' offers a compelling exploration of the isolated lives of two deaf men. Despite its emotive fictional structure, the film was not a typically romantic view of East End working-class life, but instead offered a complex, open-ended presentation that refused to judge. The film was also extraordinary for its casting, with great performances from local people and the curious, but very successful, choices of the artist Michael Andrews and the internationally known sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi for the lead roles. Shown in the 1956 Free Cinema screening at the NFT, Together’s depiction of an undiscovered Britain matched the personal dedication and experiment of other films in the Free Cinema programme. A student of the Slade School of Art, director Lorenza Mazzetti eventually returned to Italy in the early 1960s where she found success with as a novelist. Most of the material that the NFTVA preserves was donated via the BFI Production Board. |
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