Leo the Last discussion with Edward Platt

The Garden Cinema

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Leo the Last discussion with Edward Platt

Part of Visions in Ruins: British Cinema 1970 - 1980. For info and tickets: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/visions-in-ruins-…

The film was chosen and is introduced by Gareth Evans. It is followed by a conversation with writer Edward Platt (author of Leadville, a history of the A40) about the film and the social history of its locations, a subject explored in his new limited-edition publication: As Kingfishers Catch Fire (pub. Texte und Töne, NYC).

One of the filmmaker John Boorman's least known and rarely screened works - and yet the title that secured him the Best Director Prize at Cannes in 1970 - Leo the Last is a cult film in waiting, a genuinely radical, anti-authoritarian counter-cultural satire of hierarchy, property, class, and gentrification.

Recorded on 16th January 2025 at The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker Street London WC2B 5PQ

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