Lindsay Anderson

“The modern perception of British cinema has nothing to do with British films, merely with the business of getting more money through the box office”. Lindsay Anderson, born in India, was a British film and theater director who was part of the Free Cinema movement. In 1956, the Angry Young Men inspired a group of young people to translate their thinking into cinema. The Free Cinema sought, with realistic aesthetics in fiction and documentary films, to portray everyday stories committed to the social reality of that time as a reaction to the artificiality of Hollywood and the Studio System. He was a critic for Sequence magazine, and always attacked the lack of political commitment in cinema; he was also a producer of several plays at the Royal Court Theatre in London. His films reflected on the isolation of human beings and non-conformism with society. His most outstanding works were the documentary O Dreamland (1953), and the realistic fiction This Sporting life (1963) If... (1969), O Lucky Man! (1973). Remembered for his creative vision and his ability to challenge established norms, as well as for his capacity to capture and criticize profound aspects of society.