As a film it is brilliantly conceived and excellently directed by Lloyd Reckord and is in my opinion a masterpiece. The shocking and imaginative sequence of the fears of homosexuals before homosexuality was legal in the UK makes it, in my opinion, one of the greatest sequences on film. I will give no spoilers but the noose waiting for a roomful of gay men shocked me and frightened me. 1965 is not so far away in history, and while watching this film I wondered if such a time could return again. Thanks to the BFI this film has been saved from an unjust oblivion, and for anyone concerned with human rights it should now be seen and applauded, and no one should be put off either by the subject matter and that it is short in duration. So was ' Night and Fog ' directed by Alain Resnais. I have watched ' Dream 40 ' several times before this review and my mind circled around Kafka's ' The Trial, ' and it is as a work equal to it. Basically it is about two male lovers, and one of them played by Michael Billington is more fearful of society than his partner who wants to be more open about their relationship. I will say no more about the film but only to reiterate that it is essential viewing.

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