The Birthday Party

The earliest and most impenetrable of Friedkin's play adaptations, and surprisingly one of his very most visually distinctive films. Worth mentioning is the rare treat of seeing such a young Shaw playing such a different role than one would expect. Pinter admirers are more likely to find it accessible, but like me who are unaccustomed to such extremely ambiguous, if not downright contradictory, if even existent exposition will simply be subjected to an exhilaratingly unnerving experience.

"He also was lumped in with the Angry Young Man crowd." "He was lumped in a lot of places and I think it was because no one knew where to put him." http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/08/episode-70-harold-pinter-on-film-part.html

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