>Shit Britain thread
feel free to post about a discuss your favourite 'Shit Britain' films, including British new-wave films!
Saw 'A Kind of Loving' recently and really enjoyed it. Schlesinger also directed Midnight Cowboy which I've never seen, so I'll be sure to check it out soon.
Other favourites of mine:
Naked
Scum
Life is Sweet
Scum has some of the best dialogue in British cinema, and is a really harrowing image of life in a Borstal.
>[Eckersley, Richards and Banks approach Davis]
>Banks: Davis, up!
>[Davis stands up but Banks kicks him. Eckersley laughs]
>Banks: Davis, yer nothing. I'm the Daddy 'ere, I run this wing. You pay yer dues like the rest. Payday, you deliver a quarter of your snout to Stripey 'ere, every week on the dot.
>Davis: I don't smoke...
>Banks: [slaps Davis] You fuckin' well do now, slag! There's no dolly mixtures here, poofter! I'm the Daddy and don't you ever forget it, right?
>[slaps Davis]
>Banks: I said right?
>[shoves Davis and leaves]
Anything you guys recommend? What are your favourite British new-wave and Shit Britain films?
Nineteen Eighty four
New Ken Loach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahWgxw9E_h4
Cathy Come Home is a classic
>>71879915
Never saw this, but do remember catching 10 mins of the remake a few years ago, which seemed awful. Will definitely have to check it out.
some brit directors
jonathan glazer
ken loach
terrence davies
alan clarke
samantha morton
shane meadows
paddy considine
gary oldman
mike leigh
andrea arnold
older ones
lindsay anderson
tony richardson
karel reisz
jack clayton
>>71880406
thank you very much for this, there was recently a retrospective at my local cinema focused on Ken Loach and I managed to see some real treats.
>>71880059
I think Ken Loach's films are very interesting because, although bleak, they've always got this underlying spirit in them - where adversity is overcome and there's some semblance of justice. Just quite interesting I think.
>>71880580
what you watch?
my favs are probably
kes
sweet sixteen
raining stones
if you enjoyed him i highly rec the films made by paddy, garry, mike and samantha
>>71880663
Saw:
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Kes
Poor Cow
Angel's Share
Thanks very much for the recommendations, I'm currently writing a short-film script about a bingo caller and I'm looking for some inspiration.
I work in the industry so already have a professional crew ready to work on it, but I really want to nail the script.
Missed this though unfortunately:
http://homemcr.org/event/versus-ken-loach-in-conversation/
Apparently it was amazing.
