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The Servant (Joseph Losey, 1963)

Aug

16

National Authenticity Day

The Servant (1963)

Manservant Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) and his master Tony (James Fox). Tony is asleep in a folding chair wearing an overcoat in a sparse room with crumbling walls. Barrett – immaculately dressed in a dark overcoat, hat, gloves, tie – stands in the doorway, looking down on the sleeping man. DP: Douglas Slocombe.

– What do you want from this house? – Want? – Yes. Want. – I'm just the servant, miss. – Get my lunch.