If you loved Tom Jones, try Blue Sky

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Tony Richardson, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Tom Jones, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Blue Sky is

Even in the fifties, complaining about fallout was considered bad for morale. An army engineer’s anti-nuclear opinions and his wife’s unscripted antics keep him on the wrong side of every report. The film settles for proving that no regulation can contain domestic chaos.

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