YOU BETTER BE PLOTTING.

I'm trying to find a DVD copy and I'm coming up blank :(

I AM PLOTTING PLENTY.

BFI released Privilege in region 2 and a Blu-Ray release of it will be coming at some point, if any of that is of any help to you. Unless, of course, I need to start mailing you DVDs.

OMG I LOVE THIS FILM SO MUCH, BUT YOU KNOW THAT.

Who are the people in the latter picture, and which movie is it?

Vanessa Ritchie and Steven Shorter in the film, Privilege, played by Jean Shrimpton and Paul Jones of Manfred Mann.

For some time, I was pondering exactly why I adore Shosanna Dreyfus and Fredrick Zoller so much (aside from the actors' performances and Tarantino's writing) and I realized it's because they remind me very much of Vanessa and Steven.

Privilege is my absolute favorite film about a young man plucked from obscurity and made into the most powerful person in the world: A pop singer. He has been given everything and in turn, has to give everything of himself to the public; as a result, he's destroyed and miserable. Steven is used to sell products and convey whatever messages the government and the church see fit in order to keep the public (and primarily the youth) under control. Even the clothes he wears (along with those of his management team) resemble SS uniforms by way of the 1960s Mod scene.

It's languished in obscurity for years, as back in 1967, it was deemed ridiculous that one single celebrity could hold that much power over people. The New Yorker and BFI have released it on DVD in region 1 and region 2 (after I had to make do with a bootleg copy for a couple of years).

I'm working on a rambling, comparison post of the characters because analyzing film to death makes me immensely happy (and insane).