David Wood OBE, actor, played Johnny in If…., author of Filming If…. (2018) At first, Lindsay surprised me as a director, because he rarely seemed to ‘direct’ the actors.  Yes, he staged the scene, but very often let it evolve organically, before deciding to go for a take.  But he rarely seemed to offer advice […]

Charles Drazin, writer, editor, film historian Offering a trenchant, sardonic and coruscatingly lucid commentary on Britain, Lindsay Anderson’s artistic voice – whether in his films, theatre or writings – had the weight of a modern-day Juvenal. But the essential motivation and purpose of that voice can be traced back to his schoolboy years.   In 1968 […]

Brian Pettifer, actor I was lucky enough to work with Lindsay Anderson on four occasions. In the films If…., O Lucky Man! Britannia Hospital and the documentary Lindsay made for the BBC in 1992, Is that all there is? I first met Lindsay at the casting director Miriam Brickman’s office in Half Moon Street in […]