The Innocent
Despite being brought in as a last-minute replacement, John Schlesinger immediately made his mark on Ian McEwan's rarely-seen adaptation of his own bestselling novel. Beginning with a sweeping Steadicam shot capturing the atmosphere just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the film flashes back to a bizarre (but true) episode of Cold War espionage, against which engineer Leonard (<B>Campbell Scott</b>) and typist Maria (<b>Isabella Rossellini</b>) conduct a furtive romance under the watchful eye of CIA spymaster Bob Glass (<b>Anthony Hopkins</b>). In the final entry in his decade-long cycle of spy films, Schlesinger took the opportunity to make a series of knowing homages to directors from Hitchcock to Lynch — and even had Rossellini cosplay her own mother's most iconic role. But it all pales in comparison with the film's true setpiece, when Leonard has to negotiate his way across Berlin while avoiding discovery of the grisly contents of his two suspiciously heavy suitcases.... Playing as part of our <a href = "https://www.glasgowfilm.org/cinemasters" style = "color:white">CineMasters: John Schlesinger season.</a></style> CineMasters: John Schlesinger is presented in association with The Consummate Professional: John Schlesinger at 100, a UK-wide retrospective curated by Marc David Jacobs and Claire Nicolas.DramaPT1H59M152026-03-28Anthony Hopkins
Isabella Rossellini
Campbell Scott
John Schlesinger
Norma Heyman
Chris Sievernich
Wieland Schulz-Keil
The Innocent"The Innocent"Showtimes
March 28, 5:00 pm
April 1, 5:20 pm
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