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Paper Roses (1971)

Directed by Barry Davis

Overview

Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not unlike those described in tabloids, and this is heightened by inter cutting tabloid headlines between scenes. Throughout, there are occasional shots of a television critic who watches this very play as it unfolds, and he writes a negative review filled with cleverly phrased but bitter invective.

Length 52 minutes

Actors

Bill Maynard | Donald Gee | Aimée Delamain | John Carson | Dudley Jones | Desmond Perry | Joe Gladwin