The Rectangular View

Prick Up Your Ears is a biographical drama about the death of playwright Joe Orton at the hands of his lover, Kenneth Halliwell. The film opens with the dead bodies of Orton (Gary Oldman) and Halliwell (Alfred Molina) being discovered in their apartment. The police call Orton’s agent, Peggy Ramsay (Venessa Redgrave), to the crime…