Many years ago (probably in the 1960s) I went to the St Albans film society to see a banned film, Closely Observed Trains. Boy did I feel grown up.
But I never got to see the other banned film they were talking about at the time: The Trans Europ Express. Until tonight.
Like Closely Observed Trains, the Trans Europ Express is a surprisingly clever film, brilliantly made, gripping and stylish.
There is a certain amount of sex in it and even bondage, but even if you were of a disposition to be offended, you could hardly compare it to the banal (and therefore so much more objectionable) reality shows on Channel 5.
What happened to that clever, intelligent cinema?
Click to see IMDB on the film.