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The sleeve notes for the DVD of a 1971 film ''[[Duffer]]''
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&ldquo;An intense and bizarre study of obsession that is by turns lyrical and disconcerting, Duffer tells the deranged story of a teenage boy torn between the womanly charms of a kindly prostitute, and the relentless, sadistic attentions of an older man.&rdquo;
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say that Delia provided sound effects for it:

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From its running voice-over to the weird, artificial background tape-loops of passing traffic, the entire <I>Duffer</I>
soundtrack is a piece of sound art, combining MacDermot's compositions with more avant'garde interventions, such as the acrid, Ligeti-like high-string dissonances when Louis Jack is draping worms on Duffer's stomach, or the ghastly Moog synthesizer buzz that flares up when Duffer spies Your Gracie entertaining a client.<ref name=thrower>DVD sleeve notes by Stephen Thrower.</ref>
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Also riding high at the time was composer Galt MacDermot, whose career in musical theatre reached its peak in 1967 with the controversial hit, Hair.
MacDermot, a friend of Dumaresq's, contributes a smattering of musical interludes for piano which greatly assist the film's trajectory from downbeat weirdness to fragile charm, concluding with a mournful nocturne that almost succeeds in making the South Bank's concrete architecture (where the final scenes were shot) sing with a sweet ache of sorrow and resignation. Add to this some electronic contributions from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's celebrated Delia Derbyshire, working off-the-record here, and you have a soundtrack that graces every beat of a complex emotional journey, rounding off a truly accomplished debut feature.<ref name=thrower/>
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There were certain night scenes where I felt the new synthesizer machine at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop would be effective. Radiophonics supplied several effects which I laid over the appropriate sequences; they worked extremely well.<ref name=thrower/>
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Sounds of rushing wind and electronic howls dominate the scene, part of a very experimental sound collage that includes the rantings of Louis Jack and the electronica (momentarily simulating traffic in one scene - four years before Kraftwerk would turn such sounds into a new form of pop) of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's Delia Derbyshire.<ref>Frank Collins on [http://www.cathoderaytube.co.uk/2011/01/british-cult-classics-duffer-moon-over.html Cathode Ray Tube].</ref>
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=Credits=
* '''Writer:''' William Dumaresq
* '''Directors:''' William Dumaresq and Joseph Despins
* '''Music:''' Galt MacDermot
* '''Sound effects:''' BBC Radiophonic Workshop

=Tracks=
* Descending monkey (14:26-14:50)
"There was this monkey on a stick that Your Gracie had, and when I piled into her she'd start it. The idea was that the monkey should get to the bottom before I was finished but I never could somehow last long enough. I tried, God knows!"<BR>
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* Draping worms (18:08-20:06)
DUffer's male lover covers him in worms to make a film.<BR>
{{Spectrogallery|Duffer - Draping worms}}

* Betrayed (41:19-42:15)
Duffer sees his female lover in the arms of another man.<BR>
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=Availability=
* Released on DVD on 17th January 2011 as part of the British Film Institute's "Flipside" series.
* The DVD of the film can be bought from [http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_18554.html the British Film Institute's filmstore], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Duffer-Moon-Over-Alley-Blu-ray/dp/B004CZ6HV0/ Amazon], [http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/film/dvd+blu-ray/Duffer-Moon-Over-the-Alley/ MovieMail], [http://www.rakuten.co.uk/shop/speedyhen/product/DV001193842V/ Speedy Hen] and [http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/17681080/Duffer-Moon-Over-The-Alley-Dual-Format-Edition/Product.html play.com]
* [[File:Duffer.torrent]]

=External links=
* [http://7doorshotel.blogspot.com/2011/03/despins-dumaresq-duffer.html A detailed article about the film's producers and plot], though with no mention of Delia.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217405/ The IMDb entry for Duffer]

=References=
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