The Driver’s Seat (Region B)

Elizabeth Taylor stars in the most obscure, bizarre and wildly misunderstood film of her career, never before release in the UK.

Elizabeth Taylorstars as a troubled woman who, upon arriving in Rome, finds a city fragmented by autocratic law, leftist violence and her own increasingly unhinged mission to find the most dangerous liaison of all.

Never before released in the UK,The Drivers Seat(akaIdentikit)remains the most obscure, bizarre and wildly misunderstood film of Taylors illustrious career. Adapted from an unnerving novella byMuriel Spark(The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), the film marked a wild step into the unknown for the screen icon, as she cast off the shackles of the US studio system in the shadow of her tumultuous personal life. Co-starringIan Bannen,Mona WashbourneandAndy Warhol,The Drivers Seatstunned critics and audiences alike upon its premiere in 1974 but failed to secure a UK release until now.

Directed byGiuseppe Patroni Griffi(‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore) and featuring cinematography by three-time Oscar winnerVittorio Storaro(Apocalypse Now), this much-sought after cult classic is presented in a new 4K restoration by Cineteca di Bologna and Severin Films.

Special Features

• Restored in 4K by Cineteca di Bologna and Severin Films and presented in High Definition
• Introduction By Kier-La Janisse, author of House of Psychotic Women (2022, 6 mins)
• Audio Commentary with TCM Underground curator Millie De Chirico (2022)
• A Lack of Absence(2022, 22 mins): writer and literary historian Chandra Mayor on Muriel Spark and The Driver’s Seat
• The Drivers Seat(credit sequences) (1974, 4 mins)
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by the BFIs Simon McCallum and Canadian artist, writer and filmmaker Bruce LaBruce. Also includes Kier-La Janisses piece onThe Drivers Seat, previously published in her acclaimed book,House of Psychotic Women