Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing

You may or not have heard of Criterion, a private company that specializes in releasing classic, foreign and cult movies on CD. I wasn't sure that the additional cost of these CDs was always worth it. For example, the picture and audio quality of some older films, like Seven Samurai, wasn't noticeably better in the Criterion version.

However, all is forgiven. Criterion has released one of my all time favorite films, Bad Timing. It is not a perfect film; I think Art Garfunkel was miscast, and the story meanders a bit at times. But some of the scenes stay with you for years, even though you may not be sure why.

The UK company behind Bad Timing, the aptly-named Rank, refused to do have anything to do with the film. More about Rank on the Guardian online.

I also relate to film a bit; not that I am anything like Theresa Russell's character, but I did have the misfortune to date a therapist for a while. He was almost as fucked up as the Art Garfunkel character.

More about the film here at the Criterion Web site.