Albert Finney is (and occasionallywas) Daniel Feeld in these two dramas, but so is Dennis Potter.
This duet is the lastest last great work youll see, and theres nothing really quite like it.
Karaokeis the fantasy drama half,Cold Lazarusthe full-blooded science fiction sequel.
Then, forCold Lazarus, flash forward, four hundred years.
But Feeld may not be as completely unaware of his situation as people realise.
The episodes are not always the paciest.
Pig Malion, the villain, is played with a more grounded menace by Hywell Bennett.
Then theres Anna Chancellor and Alison Steadman.
Karaokeis like much of Potters work, self-indulgent, and occasionally unpleasant, but compelling.
But then, as an occasional mike whore myself, sos karaoke.
This was an age ofThe X-FilesandThe Outer Limitson BBC2, but with nothing home grown.
Henry Goodmans Siltz and Diane Ladds Masdon arent just American to make a political point.
Clever, clever old Dennis Potter, for all the strangulated metatextuality.
Oh, like yourselves…!)
and pretty menus, as well as two episodes per disc.
Theyre also framed for 14:9 screens, so no tampering there, but the discs arent anamorphic.
There are discreet fades-to-black where the commercial breaks would have been inCold Lazarus.
The really good news is Ive been assured by Acorn that these are entirely uncut.
Rating:
5 out of 5
