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Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 1986 / Director: Stephen Frears / Actors: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth ... / DVD ... more
My Beautiful Laundrette (DVD) ... released 10 September, 2001 at Cinema Club / Features of the DVD: Full Screen, PAL / In case you'd forgotten, My Beautiful Laundrette will remind you of those mid-80s days when Thatcherism ruled the earth (or so it seemed) and money was king. Stephen Frears' low-budget realisation of Hanif Kureishi's subversively critical play captures the contradictions of that time in a way that's as fresh today as when it was new. Omar's wheeler-dealer uncle, Nasser (Saeed Jaffrey), sums it up when he says, "In this damn country, which we hate and love, you can get anything you want". He sets up Omar (Gordon Warnecke) with a rundown laundrette and the instruction to make it a success, which Omar temporarily does, with the help of his childhood friend Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis). When the film first came out, it was the gay content that dominated the column inches, whereas now it seems a sensitive and multi-faceted summation of its decade, exploring social, ethnic and sexual issues and contradictions. Bringing together two such different characters as Omar--Asian, ambitious, for whom success is defined by wealth--and former childhood friend Johnny--white trash, ex-National Front--was inspired. Watching their friendship develop into love, and the ensuing bitterness and misunderstanding that they suffer from friends and family is very poignant. All the lead roles are well taken, the contradictory character of Nasser in particular. By turns, funny, touching and anger-inducing, this is a movie that wears its age lightly and its era proudly. On the DVD: the picture is in 4:3 ratio with a Dolby Digital soundtrack. There's an original trailer and filmographies of the four main characters, with an additional biography for Day-Lewis. --Harriet Smith

Newest Review: ... uncle Nasser to take over a set of failing Laundromats in the hope of regenerating the business and make his fortune. To help ... more

 ... him he gets together with a school friend Johnny. Soon previously repressed attraction comes to the fore and an interracial gay love affair begins one that has to be kept hidden from both sides of the community. THE OPINION Frears and Kureishi use the characters and story as a microcosm of what was happening generally in mid 80's Britain but from an Asian perspective. The Asian community was beginning to change, some like Omar and his uncle Nasser were embracing the new spirit of entrepreneurship to the detrime...more

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Mauri
Premium Review My Beautiful Laundrette (DVD): SOAP, SUDS AND SEX (1362 words)
by - written on 14/06/07 (Very useful, 229 readings)
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(FILM ONLY REVIEW) I find it surprising that 'My Beautiful Laundrette' released in 1985 has become largely forgotten when one talks about recent British cinema and indeed many people reading this review will probably have never heard of it and yet at the time it was an important film. In many ways it set a trend in British cinema that led to resurgence in British films on an international stage. This film led the way for future British international successes with films like 'The Queen' today. Although nominated for an Oscar (Best Screenplay) and a couple of BAFTAs (Best Screenplay and Best Actor, Saeed Jaffrey) the film was an unlikely candidate. ...  Read the complete review

 
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