Paper Roses

Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not unlike those described in tabloids, and this is heightened by inter cutting tabloid headlines between scenes. Throughout, there are occasional shots of a television critic who watches this very play as it unfolds, and he writes a negative review filled with cleverly phrased but bitter invective.

Genre:

Drama, TV Movie

Duration:

52 min

Cast:

Bill Maynard, Donald Gee, Aimée Delamain

Quality:

HD

Director:

Barry Davis

Release:

1971

Country:

United Kingdom

Rating:

8.0