Playing In the Company of Men

Playing In the Company of Men is Desplechin's audacious adaptation of English playwright Edward Bond's In the Company of Men, a brutal drama about business ethics and boardroom power games. Desplechin's deconstructed version of Edward Bond's In the Company of Men alternates filmed scenes of the play in realistic settings and theater-based video sequences depicting the actors in rehearsal (evoking Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street). Noted Desplechin: "This is a play by the most Shakespearean of contemporary British playwrights... There is no guilty party, just a few powerful men working in the shadows, who make the world a jungle." (121 mins.)


series booklet

A booklet to accompany the series has been produced by the Wexner Center, BAMcinematek, and Wellspring Media, Inc. The booklet, available in a PDF version on this web site, features essays by noted film critics Kent Jones and Amy Taubin and a Desplechin filmography. Images and text in the booklet are protected by copyright; all rights reserved.


support credits

Season support provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Contemporary films, international films, and visiting filmmakers presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.


series special thanks

Special thanks to Florence Almozini of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Ryan Werner and Marisa Keselica of Wellspring for their invaluable support and cooperation.