Secret Friends Blu-ray

'Secret Friends' Director: Dennis Potter (1991) Indicator Limited Edition Blu-ray | HD remaster | Region Free

Unfairly neglected since its original low-key cinema run, Secret Friends is the only feature to be written and directed by Dennis Potter (Pennies from Heaven, The Singing Detective).

Made shortly after his hugely controversial mini-series Blackeyes, the film centres on a writer, played by Alan Bates (The Shout), who descends into a kind of madness during a train journey as memories, fantasies and psychotic visions collide.

Limited Edition contents:
- 36-page booklet with a new essay by Jeff Billington, Dennis Potter on the making of Secret Friends, an extract from Potter on Potter, an overview of critical responses, and film credits

Special features include:
- Bon Vivant (2020, 5 mins): actor Ian McNeice recalls working with the film’s writer-director, Dennis Potter
- Keeping Secrets (2020, 10 mins): analysis of Secret Friends by Graham Fuller, editor of Potter on Potter