Lindsay Anderson’s Mick Travis Trilogy - Criterion Channel Teaser

In the powder-keg political environment of the late sixties, Lindsay Anderson launched a pop-culture Molotov cocktail into British cinemas with his stunningly subversive IF…., an anarchic vision of rebellion at a British boarding school starring Malcolm McDowell as the everyman turned guerilla revolutionary Mick Travis. In two subsequent films-the freewheeling antiestablishment epic O LUCKY MAN! and the divisive gonzo comedy BRITANNIA HOSPITAL-Anderson and McDowell continued to trace the story of the Travis character and his outlandish adventures in a through-the-looking-glass England. By turns surreal, shocking, and darkly funny, these furious satires simmer with rage at the hypocrisies of capitalism, institutional bureaucracy, and the British class system.
Watch the Trilogy now on the Criterion Channel! www.criterionchannel.com/lind...

[@theletterm1787]

Criterion, you should try to put out a box set with all three

[@davidbow-tie]

Amen

[@thebarbariansasquatch8108]

Criterion: *looks out window* World: *Burns* Criterion: "I think the Criterion Closet has something appropriate for this..."

[@SamManzanita]

The Barbarian Sasquatch 😂😂 But O Lucky Man is a film you need to watch those days !

[@optimisticbeard1485]

0:55 Mark Hamill saying "This is epic", the person who edited this teaser knew exactly what they were doing

[@talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198]

You nailed it

[@lukess.s]

O Lucky Man is one of the greatest films ever made.

[@talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198]

I completely concur

[@spatrick1277]

Amazes me how it never seems to appear on lists of the Top 10 British cult films when "If..." invariably does.

[@xtra_krispy693]

The most underrated films ever made

[@ElliotCoen]

Anderson is a brilliant filmmaker. If..... is iconic.

[@billybarnell1996]

Does this mean we're going to get the 4K restoration of 'O Lucky Man!" we didn't ask for but desperately need?

[@davidbow-tie]

If we desperately need it, why didn't we ask for it?

[@billybarnell1996]

@@davidbow-tie Because we didn’t know it’s what we needed.

[@FawleyJude]

I saw O Luck Man a couple of times when it first came out. I had no idea it was part of a trilogy.

[@lukess.s]

It's a thematic trilogy; there's loose connections between the three but the viewing of one should have no effect over the other, unless you watch Britannia Hospital excited to see what becomes of Mick Travis...

[@pisox2849]

Please, Europe want soo much the Criterion streaming!!!

[@MrUndersolo]

About time they did this... I still have to see Britannia Hospital, but I am still a fan of the man’s work.

[@larktheater928]

Yes that is Mark Hamill with a roach in his hand at 0:55 from Britannia Hospital. Classic.

[@BobEmrich]

now let’s get a release of O Lucky Man which has never gotten a blu ray release 🤔

[@jqapp]

Beautifully edited.

[@ewanmcgregor5942]

The final of the three films was justifiably panned. I expected a lot more. Still worth a watch for hardcore Lindsay Anderson fans

[@rohanthandi4903]

First half was great 2nd half was ass. Lindsay anderson is the goat tho

[@Paul-lf1bq]

If knowledge hangs around your neck like pearls instead of chains you are a lucky man.

[@bebaguette766]

Gorgeous

[@rohanthandi4903]

genius

[@felixbronkhorst1674]

Please bring us Syberberg as long as he is alive 🥺 A box set of the German Trilogy! Please Criterion!

[@jimcarlile7238]

Yes.

[@GGiblet]

Great films, such an amazing time🌟

[@davidbow-tie]

If you have a collection/that could put out a box set with all three/you are a lucky man #MakeItHappenCriterion

[@iwaisman]

Thanks

[@jimcarlile7238]

That middle one ruined my life when it first came out. In a good way I think.

[@maypng2845]

bruh wtf please im w8ing for this like 17years

[@DarlingPhenylethylamine]

A boxset you say? Fantastic!

[@ashikana21]

Alex who? Mick all the way.

[@torinibasoren]

loved it

[@mrtyrant1680]

Mick Travis sure had an interesting life.

[@rohanthandi4903]

Facts from his angst filled school years to his adventures as a coffee salesman and his unfortunate demise at the hands of a crazed doctor

[@paulmitchum8658]

Need box set please.

[@nedd.8479]

O Lucky Man desperately needs to be in the Criterion Collection.

[@BobEmrich]

where did this go?

[@cptstephenpeacock4548]

The only one i've never seen is B. Hospital. The other 2 i've watched several times and are very good.

[@PaganWarrior100]

Love the first two films but couldn't get into Britannia Hospital.

[@keltyk]

I sense it was a long struggle to raise funds to shoot it, and by the time of release, it was a relic of a bygone creative era. It's erratic, and overstated but very enjoyable if you are a film buff who loves social history. Possibly essential if British new wave cinema is your thing

[@lilnaze7218]

Same!

[@mrtyrant1680]

Mick dies in it.

[@TECHNOIR]

The first two are aces, Britannia Hospital less so

[@findlesplurb]

I used to feel that way, and while I agree it doesn't measure up to the first two, Britannia Hospital still works on its own terms. It helps if you forget that it's part of the 'trilogy' (it originally wasn't, they shoehorned it in after Anderson was attached to direct).

[@TECHNOIR]

@@findlesplurb If watched as a stand alone, you mourn the ‘Mick Travis’ /Candide character less, the acting by Lindsay Anderson’s ensemble cast is great as ever and you get to see Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) smoke weed!

[@SlackHoffman]

If,oh lucky 🍀 man,brittania hospital ….3 incredible movies 🍿

[@raquelrodrigues8684]

❤

[@violenciariba666]

Name of the song?

[@Alejobepa]

Tomas Giaveno It is the soundtrack of Lucky Man. You can find it on Spotify, or just watch the movie. It’s dope.

[@GGiblet]

The score is by Alan Price of The Animals. You can listen to it here on KZbin kzbin.info/aero/PLDC5BAA82059241D6

[@lukess.s]

O Lucky Man by Alan Price

[@ailyndanaemoyabrizuela2877]

he still hasn't gotten over his death at Britannia Hospital 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Mario-vt2dy]

He looks like the Man on Wire

[@spatrick1277]

"Try not to die like a dog."

[@AlejandroFriasGarcia]

I personally never liked that song, it bothers me, but i love Helen Mirren

[@romanclay1913]

See Helen Mirren in SAVAGE MESSIAH.

[@davidbow-tie]

Can I ask why it bothers you?