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The Bed Sitting Room

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1969 · 91 min Comedy Science Fiction
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

The war ended yesterday. The real nightmare started today. In a post-apocalyptic London reduced to rubble, a handful of survivors cling to absurd routines as radiation causes bizarre mutations. A lord fears he is turning into a piece of furniture, a family lives in a subway car, and a police sergeant patrols a nonexistent beat. This 1969 British sci-fi comedy is a surreal and savage satire of bureaucracy and the British stiff upper lip, painting the end of the world as a deeply, darkly funny farce where the only sane response is utter nonsense.

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Year 1969
Country United Kingdom
Genre Comedy, Science Fiction
Director Richard Lester
Runtime 91 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.9/10 (50 votes)

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Director Richard Lester constructs an absurdist landscape where every frame is steeped in grotesque humor and surreal dread. His method walks a tightrope between farce and philosophical parable, deploying visual gags as weapons against madness.

This is for admirers of intellectual satire and theatre of the absurd. The viewer will feel a peculiar blend of bafflement and recognition, watching civilization's ruins breed fresh forms of folly. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Richard Lester

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