30 October 2007
This is England
Dir Shane Meadows, UK, 100 mins, 2006, 18
Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure.
Roland Rat, Margaret Thatcher; Rubik’s Cubes, skinheads… It’s the summer of 1983. Shaun is 12 and a bit of a loner, growing up with his mum in a grim coastal town, his dad killed fighting in the Falklands War. Handling the complexities of masculinity, violence and race with sensitivity and a lightness of touch, it’s hard to imagine a film that would better capture the mood of the time, or that could have any greater an understanding of the allure of being part of a gang.
Dir Shane Meadows, UK, 100 mins, 2006, 18
Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure.
Roland Rat, Margaret Thatcher; Rubik’s Cubes, skinheads… It’s the summer of 1983. Shaun is 12 and a bit of a loner, growing up with his mum in a grim coastal town, his dad killed fighting in the Falklands War. Handling the complexities of masculinity, violence and race with sensitivity and a lightness of touch, it’s hard to imagine a film that would better capture the mood of the time, or that could have any greater an understanding of the allure of being part of a gang.
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posted by Film@Ramor: 30 October 2007 @ 10:42 a.m.
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