ThemainstoryissetinaBritishMilitaryIntelligenceOfficeinWhitehallduring1956,whereasmallgroupofforeignaffairsanalystsfindtheirquietexistencedisruptedbytheSuezCrisis.EwanMcGregorplaysMickHopper,whoisdoinghisnationalserviceasaninterpreterofRussiandocuments.Boredwithhisjob,Hopperspendshisdayscreatingfantasydaydreamsthatinvolvehisworkcolleaguesbreakingintocontemporaryhitsongs.LouiseGermaineplaysSylviaBerry,theblondewifeoftheviolentCorporalPeteBerry(DouglasHenshall).SylviaisanobjectofdesireforMicksfellowclerkPrivateFrancisFrancisandamiddle-agedpipe-organistnamedHaroldAtterbow(RoyHudd).Unlikethestreet-wiseHopper,FrancisisaclumsyWelshintellectualwhoseacademiccareerhasbeeninterruptedbyhisarmycallup.TheappearanceofthebookishnieceofasecondedAmericanofficerenablesthetwoconscriptstopairoffwithsuitablepartners,afterinitialmismatching.SomeofthesidethemesincludetheinfluenceofAmericanrockandrollonEnglishsociety,thegulfbetweenthesenioranalysts,whoareregulararmyofficers,andtheconscriptedotherranks,theworkofRussianplaywrightChekhov,andtheappreciationofopulenttheatrepipeorgans.Theunusualcontext—amilitaryculturetransplantedintoacivilservicestyleofficeenvironment—reflectsPottersownnationalserviceduringthe1950s.Whilethispiecehastheformofaromanticcomedy,unlikethelessconventionalworksofDennisPottersmiddleperiod,itisnotwithoutgraphicsexandviolence,aswellasPotterscharacteristicflashesofdreamlikeimagery.ThecentrepieceofthisproductionisthesurrealmusicalsequencesettothesongInaPersianMarket.如果您喜欢全能影院(www.slashworld.net)分享的《衣领上的唇印》,别忘了推荐给你的好友!
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