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DavidGladwellisperhapsbest-knownforhiscelebratedworkaseditoronLindsayAnderson'sIf....andOLuckyMan!RequiemforaVillage,alongwiththefourexquisiteandstartlingshortfilmsalsoincludedinthisBFIFlipsideDualFormatEdition,revealhimtobeanunfairlyoverlookeddirectorofground-breakingwork.<br/> Theidyllic,ruralpastofaSuffolkvillagerisestolifeinRequiemforaVillage(1975)throughthememoriesofanoldmanwhotendsacountrygraveyard.WithinfluencesthatrangefromthepoetTSEliottotheartistStanleySpencer,andusingrealvillageresidentsasamateuractors,thefilmpowerfullysuggeststhathistoryandmemoryareever-presentinourlives,regardlessoftheunrelentingdrivetowardsmodernisation.<br/> Thisextraordinary,little-seenfilm,anarchetypalFlipsidediscovery,ispreservedintheBFINationalArchiveandnewlytransferredinHighDefinition.<br/> Writinginthe1975LondonFilmFestivalprogramme,LindsayAndersoncommented:'DavidGladwell'sfilmisanauthentic,lyricalpastoralofabsoluteandobstinateoriginality-theworkofauniqueartist...RequiemforaVillageisoneofthathandfulofworkswhichprovethattheEnglishpoeticgeniusisfullycapable-giventheright,rarecircumstances-ofexpressingitselfincinema,asitalwayshasinliteratureandpainting.'<br/> Sincehiswideandaccomplishedcareerasafilmeditor,writeranddirector,DavidGladwellhasreturnedtopainting.HeenjoyedaresidencyatLambethCollegeinSouthLondonin2004-2005andcurrentlylivesandworksinSouthLondon.