The most expensive three words in the business are:
"Let's try this," but you can't stop using them. You
mustn't. You know, I'm impatient with the business side
of things. I'm impatient with Big Brother watching as
you work for a big studio. And why does one need six
accountants? It's ludicrous. Why are we paying for this
when it's not on the screen? But you've got to fight the
system as best you can.
~ John Schlesinger
(from MovieMaker, 15 Sept 1995)
Filmography
Sunday in the Park (1956)
Monitor (TV series, 1958)
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (TV series, 1960)
Terminus (1961) BFI (R2 UK) – included in British Transport Films Vol. 3: Running a Railway
A Kind of Loving (1962) Momentum (R2 UK)
Billy Liar (1963) Criterion (R1) / Optimum Releasing (R2 UK) – also as part of Julie Christie: Screen Icons
Darling (1965) MGM (R1) / Optimum Releasing (R2 UK) – also as part of British New Wave, Vol. 1 Double Feature with The L-Shaped Room and Julie Christie: Screen Icons
The Wednesday Play (TV episode, 1967)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Warner (R2 UK) / Optimum Releasing (R2 UK) – as part of Julie Christie: Screen Icons
Midnight Cowboy (1969) MGM (R1) / MGM (R2 UK)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) MGM (R1)
Visions of Eight (segment, 1973)
The Day of the Locust (1975) Paramount (R1)
Marathon Man (1976) Paramount (R1) / Paramount (R2 UK)
Yanks (1979) Universal (R1) / MGM (R2 UK)
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) Anchor Bay (R1)
Separate Tables (TV, 1983)
An Englishman Abroad (TV, 1983)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) MGM (R1) / MGM (R2 UK)
The Believers (1987) MGM (R1) / MGM (R2 UK)
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Pacific Heights (1990) Warner (R1) / Warner (R3 KR)
A Question of Attribution (TV, 1992)
The Innocent (1993) Buena Vista (R1)
Cold Comfort Farm (TV, 1995) Universal (R1) – also as double feature with Casual Sex? / Acorn Media (R2 UK)
Eye for an Eye (1996) Paramount (R1)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (TV, 1998)
The Next Best Thing (2000) Paramount (R1)
Recommended Web Resources
The Guardian – “Midnight Cowboy†Review by Derek Malcolm (25 September, 1969)
MovieMaker – “John Schlesinger Speaks No Evil†Interview with Schlesinger by Tim Rhys and Tom Allen (15 September, 1995)
The Observer – “A Gifted and original vision†Article by Philip French (27 July, 2003)
Screenonline – Career overview with synopses of key films by Erik Hedling
Senses of Cinema – Schlesinger Profile by Béatrice Schatzmann-von Aesch
Senses of Cinema – “You Wouldn't Even Believe What Your Eyes Can See: Cinema's Messianism and Fascist Reflection in John Schlesinger's The Day of the Locustâ€Â
