2009/20

The Go Between,

Arnaldo Putzu, W. E. Berry

This is an original poster for the 1970 film 'The Go Between', which starred Julie Chrsitie and Alan Bates. The artwork for the poster was by Arnaldo Putzu, and it was printed by W. E. Berry. The film was largely shot at the then empty and semi-derelict Melton Constable Hall, former home of Lord Hastings. The sotry is set in 1900, and is a story about the lost innocence of youth, about love, and about class, and was based on the 1953 L. P. Hartley novel of the same name.

Paper poster; orange background with title in white and rest of text and graphics in black; good folded condition; corner pin-holes; small tear by left end of horizontal fold and small piece out of left edge (repaired).

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Original poster for the 1970 film based on the novel of the same name by L. P. Hartley, published in 1953. // Artwork for the poster by Arnaldo Putzu and it was printed by W. E. Berry. // The film starred Julie Christie + Alan Bates. It was directed by Joseph Losey, the screenplay was by Harold Pinter. // ... Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // The film won the Grand Prix at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.', MERL OLIB database note – 'An original poster for this British film that starred Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave and Edward Fox. It won the Grand Prix at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival and in 1999 was included in the British Film Institute's list of the 100 best British films. Both novel and film begin with the words 'The past is a foreign country: the do things differently there'. The story is set in the sultry summer of 1900 and is heavy with symbolism for the end of the Victorian world. It is a story about the lost innocence of youth, about love and about class. It was largely shot at the then empty and semi-derelict Melton Constable Hall, former home of Lord Hastings.'

1970 - 1970

Losey, Joseph (Director)
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008