Title: Great surreal drama
Product review: Along with Deep End and Moonlighting, this is one of Jerzy Skolimowski's best films. Starting with a cricket game at a British mental institution, it moves back in time to tell the story of a strange drifter, played by Alan Bates, who comes upon the home of a young couple. The wife, pretty Susannah York, is intrigued with the handsome drifter; complications arise.But this is not the standard love triangle story at all. Bates' character claims to have a bizarre ability which should not be revealed here--which he learned while adrift in the Australian outback for several years. The final revelation of this ability and its consequences are a powerful climax to a riveting film that effectively puts the tale of the outsider in a startling context. The tension here is subtle and strong, giving this film a momentum that holds the viewer captive, just as Bates' character himself holds the couple psychological captives.Highly recommended; deserves much wider recognition.
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