Unseen for decades, Christopher Monger’s controversial feature Voice Over (1981) is released by BFI Flipside on 24 October in a new HD transfer, mastered from the only surviving print elements. Packaged in a Dual Format Edition (DVD & Blu-ray discs together), it also contains Monger’s rare experimental feature-length thriller Repeater (1979).
'Fats' Bannerman is enjoying success as the writer and presenter of Thus Engaged, a romantic radio serial about the lives and loves of a Regency heroine. But when grim reality violently intrudes into Fats' life, his frail fantasies become unbalanced and his ability to separate fact from fiction breaks down, with devastating consequences.
Featuring a compelling central performance from the great British screen actor Ian McNeice (A Life Less Ordinary; Oliver Twist; Doctor Who), this early film from the award-winning Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Monger (The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain and writer of the multi-award winning HBO production Temple Grandin, starring Claire Danes) caused a sensation upon its original release, when its subject matter was attacked by feminist groups.
