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Lindsay Anderson - in his own words

Read extracts from Anderson's diaries and letters in which he writes about his work and a variety of other subjects here:

On life in the army (1945)

On Sequence (1991)

On Meet the Pioneers, his first film (1948)

On The Pleasure Garden (1952)

On Free Cinema (1977)

On Every Day Except Christmas (1957)

On Richard Harris and the making of This Sporting Life (1962)

On the critical reaction to This Sporting Life (1993)

On the parallels between If.. and Jean Vigo's Zero de Conduite (1976)

Anderson during the making of If.... (1968)

On censorship and If.... (1983)

On O Lucky Man! and the auteur vs the Hollywood system (1971)

On the transfer of In Celebration from stage to screen (1975)

On the use of music in his films (1975)

On deciding to make Britannia Hospital (1980)

On appearing in Chariots of Fire, directing Britannia Hospital, and being offered a role in Star Wars (1982)

On auditions (1976)

On Brief Encounter (1947)

On the Cannes Film Festival (1987)

On Hollywood (1979)
Anderson photographed during rehearsals for In Celebration (1984)