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Blackeyes: With Michael Gough, Carol Royle, Nigel Planer, Gina Bellman. Blackeyes is an attempt to explore "what does go on between men and women in their heads, to show the possibilities of the ways that they see each other."
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- 1989-11-29
- Drama
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Cast. Gina Bellman as Blackeyes; Michael Gough as Maurice James Kingsley; Carol Royle as Jessica; Nigel Planer as Jeff; John Shrapnel as Detective Blake; Colin Jeavons as Jamieson; Charles Gray as Sebastian; Dennis Potter as Narrator (uncredited) Louise Germaine as Model (uncredited) Notes
77-year-old Maurice James Kingsley writtes a successful novel about a fashion model, in this Dennis Potter miniseries. But Maurice’s furious niece recognises her life in its pages.
Blackeyes is a multi-layered novel by British writer Dennis Potter, published in 1987 by Faber and Faber. It concerns the relationship between sexuality, exploitation, power and money. These are explored through the career of a desirable model known as "Blackeyes".
Blackeyes is going all the way to the top. but she has a dark secret. Part 1 Jessica is furious to discover her uncle has used her life as the basis of a novel.
In 1989, after a falling out with his erstwhile producer Kenith Trodd, Potter decided to direct a television adaptation of his “feminist” novel, Blackeyes. The result was a critical bloodbath in the United Kingdom, with the director accused of precisely the misogyny and sexploitation he claimed he had been trying to expose on screen.
