O Lucky Man

Buy This Item O Lucky Man by Warner Home Video  Available from Amazon  $24.98  on 9-22-2008     A young coffee salesman rises to the top, only to fall and rise again. Reader Reviews I saw OLM when it came out, with a young female friend who thought it stupid, but, for me, there was a visceral reaction, presumably of recognition, and a feeling that it's a great work of art. Now, some 34 years on, as I view it, I'm amazed at its prophetic nature. The packaging and extras help a lot to fill in the gaps: they make clear the epic and the metaphorical nature of the story, and hence intellectually help me grasp why the film rings so true. Curiously, I don't remember the sequence where Mick attempts to rescue the woman in the flat, and it is indeed a flat sequence which, along with getting rumbled by the tramps, so reminiscent of the treatment little Alex gets at about the same part of A Clockwork Orange, could well be deleted: the film is extraordinarily long, anyway. The acting remains fresh, the film has much to say about the human condition and the juxtaposition of the band works.

O Lucky Man Available from Amazon Price: $24.98 Updated on 9-22-2008.

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