Crystal Gazing

Overview

Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator; Kim, a woman rock musician; Vermilion, an analyst of satellite photography; and Julian, an old friend of the illustrator who has just finished his Ph.D thesis on the fairy-tales of Charles Perrault. Their four lives are closely interlinked as events happen to each of them.

Directed by Peter Wollen, Laura Mulvey

Top cast

Gavin Richards

Neil Holt

Lora Logic

Kim

M

Mary Maddox

Vermilion

Jeff Rawle

Julian

Maggie Shevlin

Narrator

Patrick Bauchau

Husband

A

Alan Porter

Magician

Keith Allen

Monologist

Chuck Hayward

Band Member (as Charles Hayward)

B

Ben Annesley

Band Member

P

Philip Legg

Band Member

Nicholas Le Prevost

Examiner

J

James Leahy

Examiner

D

Dinah Stabb

Shop Assistant

B

Beata Vigh-Anderson

Book Thief

Liz Smith

Lady in Pub

R

Roderic Leigh

Fireworks Salesman

J

John Howe

Man on Crossed Line

Miriam Margolyes

Newsreader

J

Jonathan Eden

Interviewer

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