‘Being in Madness kept some of them out of jail’: how the baggy-trousered nutty boys made a guerrilla cinema classic

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‘Being in Madness kept some of them out of jail’: how the baggy-trousered nutty boys made a guerrilla cinema classicWorldPing
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What happened

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Key facts

  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:55:06 UTC.

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  1. ‘Being in Madness kept some of them out of jail’: how the baggy-trousered nutty boys made a guerrilla cinema classic

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