Coming to DVD and Blu-ray: Primitive London (1965)
The second of the 'first day' releases from cult movie specialists Flipside is actually the follow-up to the first one - Primitive London.
This one dates from 1965, again directed by Arnold Louis Miller, this time setting out to 'reflect society’s decay through a sideshow spectacle of 1960s London depravity'. Which means mods, rockers and beatniks at the Ace Café, a night out with obscure beat band The Zephyrs, a seedy Jack the Ripper re-enactment, flabby men in the sauna and sordid wife-swapping parties. Life just being society got permissive in fact.
Again, remastered to HD from the original negative and packed with extras, including Carousella (a dramatised documentary on the lives of a group of striptease artistes from 1966), Stuart McCabe (strip club owner) interview from '68, Shirley (stripper) interview from '68, Al Burnett (nightclub owner) interview from '67, the original trailer, English and French language versions of feature and trailer and an illustrated booklet with essays by Iain Sinclair, Vic Pratt (BFI Curator) and William Fowler (BFI Curator). On both DVD and Blu-ray, it's also available from 25th May.
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