In 1973 I was thumbing through the TV guide and the name Cilla Black jumped out at me from the page since her little-known 1968 song "Step Inside Love" was one of my top favorite songs of all time, and in America she was a little-known singer, so I was astonished to see any mention of her at all by the '70s. Therefore when this movie came on TV that week I recorded part of it on cassette tape, and was rewarded by capturing there another appealing, catchy song of hers--"Work is a 4-Letter Word"--played in full at the end of this movie, a song I hadn't even known existed at that time.
One of the furthest out there of the late 60s counter culture movies, even though this 90 minute cinematic oddity was done by a Shakespeare troupe. We've got many of the classic themes here including work is oppressing and drugs can set you free!
Talking to my dad about what he has been reading on fourms recently,I got told about a movie starring Cilla Black,which he was told is unavailable anywhere.Recognising the title,I spoke to a DVD seller a few days before my dads birthday,and was thrilled to find the film,which led to me going to work.
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet horticultural (fungal) project. Many of the actors in this film also members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
