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Clay (1965)

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clip ‘Is he kind to you?’

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Chris (Chris Tsalikis) offers Nick (George Dixon) money to leave. Margot (Janina Lebedew) tells her father (Robert Clarke) she loves Nick.

Curator’s notes

In this sequence the love between Nick and Margot is shown to be indomitable. Nick rejects a substantial sum of money from Chris to leave the scene, while Margot talks frankly to her father. The imagery of money scattered in mud connects powerfully with the mud used by Margot to express her love for Nick. Margot’s conflict with her father speaks of the boredom and frustration she feels. Nick is an outsider and embodies her desire to experience life beyond her isolated home.