The Committee, starring Paul Jones of Manfred Mann fame, is a unique document of Britain in the 1960s. After a very successful run in London's West End in 1968, viewings of this controversial movie have been few and far between. Stunning black and white camera work by Ian Wilson brings to life this "chilling fable" by Max Steuer, a lecturer (now Reader Emeritus) at the London School of Economics. Avoiding easy answers, The Committee uses a surreal murder to explore the tension and conflict between bureaucracy on one side, and individual freedom on the other. Many films, such as Total Recall, Fahrenheit 451 and Camus' The Stranger, see the state as ignorant and repressive, and pass over the inevitable weaknesses lying deep in individuals. Drawing on the ideas of R.D. Laing, a psychologically hip state faces an all too human protagonist.
The Committee has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Committee was released in 1968 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 4 reviews, giving The Committee (1968) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 65%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Committee a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 56%, The Committee is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1968, which stands at 61%.
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