Duffer (film)
| Duffer | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Despins William Dumaresq |
| Written by | William Dumaresq |
| Produced by | Joseph Despins William Dumaresq |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Jorge Guerra |
| Edited by | Joseph Despins |
| Music by | Galt MacDermot |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 mins. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Duffer is a 1972 British experimental film, directed by Joseph Despins and William Dumaresq, the latter of whom wrote and also co-starred alongside Kit Gleave and Erna May. It premiered in 1972 in the UK.[1] The writing/directing team later collaborated on another cult film, The Moon Over the Alley (1976).
Synopsis
An intense and bizarre study of obsession that is by turns lyrical and disconcerting, Duffer tells the deranged story of a teenage boy torn between the womanly charms of a kindly prostitute, and the relentless, sadistic attentions of an older man.
Cast
- Kit Gleave as Duffer
- Erna May as Your Gracie
- William Dumaresq as Louis-Jack
Reception
Mondo-Digital calls Duffer "what happens if John Waters and playwright Joe Orton got together on a drunken evening".[2]
Graeme Clark of The Spinning Image rated it 6/10 stars, and says that the film "is in its offbeat manner quite compelling, not just because it rises above its tiny budget with the power of its imagination".[3]
And Matty Stanfield of Letterboxd rates the film 4.5/5 stars, lauding it for being "unique, innovative, disturbing, and haunting".[4]
References
- ↑ "Duffer (1971)". British Film Institute. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- ↑ "Duffer & The Moon Over the Alley". Mondo-Digital. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- ↑ Clark, Graeme (7 May 2016). "Duffer". The Spinning Image. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- ↑ Stanfield, Matty (18 December 2015). "Duffer (1972)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 22 July 2026.