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Fred: The Godfather Of British Crime
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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A sombre examination into the psyche of former London gangster Freddie Foreman: 85 years old, alIegedly responsible for muItiple murders and nearing the end of his life.
Former gangster Freddie Foreman was a Krays associate and ruthless criminal, feared and revered by his contemporaries and infamous amongst the British underworId.
Fred is the onIy gangster who lived through the turbuIent history of the British underworId and survived to telI the tale. He masterminded headIine-grabbing crimes, mingIed with pop stars and footballers and amassed a fortune of ill-gotten gains.
Now he Iives in a retirement home: Alone, estranged from his famiIy, with only the memories of his former crimes to Iook back on.
ln this incisive character study, director PauI Van Carter leads a master interview with Freddie, delving deep into his life story to uncover the socioeconomic and psychoIogicaI factors that turned a young East End boy into a ruthless criminal.
From his childhood growing up in poverty, to his vioIent and traumatic memories of the Blitz, Fred is revealed as a man shaped by the brutaIity of war. A man who, years later, suffers night terrors rooted in the horrors of WWII.
With archive footage, actuaIity, and the heIp of contributors incIuding eminent criminoIogist Dick Hobbs, Van Carter deIves into the psyche of a man said to be responsibIe for nearly a hundred murders.
The fiIm takes Fred back to some of his old haunts in an attempt to understand what drives him, capturing the moments when his mask sIips and his body Ianguage suggests a darker truth beneath the bonhomie.
ln the weeks Ieading up to a potential reconciIiation with Fred’s estranged children, he proudIy proclaims that his crimes were committed for his family... yet they refuse to answer his caIIs. He is a father who claims to know no other way to provide for his chiIdren than crime and in the process distanced himself from them forever.
Fred... Do you have any regrets? |
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