Notes From Somers Town Screening (15-10-2009)

Class & Identity in British

    
     What is a British film?
           - Not normally a block Buster
           - Not normally a Musical
           - It is pretty low budget
           - About ordinary People
           - Intimate/ domestic detail
           - Focus class

 
 
 
British new wave 1939-1963 ... (British new wave focused on the north)

         - Tony Richardson
         - Lindsay Anderson
         - Jack Clayton
         - John Schlesinger



 
 
• Working class

                                            = Jules & Jim (1902)
• A comic relief Criminal

Working Class Heroes’ - (Room at The top)

- Broke Taboos

Getting Ideas

- Look Back in Anger (1958) – Tony Richardson


A Scene of Place
- The Loneliness of the long distance runner (1962) – Tony Richardson


Displacement
- Billy Liar (1963) – John Schlesinger


Outsiders

- A Taste of honey (1961) – Tony Richardson

Coronation Street first started in the 1960s

Eastenders first started in the 1980s

Brit Grit/Brit Film

      - Mike Leigh

      - Ken Loach

      - Shane Meadows

    Films They have Produced...

• Mike Leigh - Vera Drake

• Ken Loach - Looking For Eric & Full Monty

 About Shane Meadows & Somers Town

Shane Meadows Self taught himself he is also a working class man. He started filming etc in 1999.

Shane Meadows also got the funding for Somers Town From Euro Star.

The Lady who was speaking to us at the lecture told us to watch out for Tomo wearing the Apron at the then. To be honest I didn’t really understand this but I did note down that he was cleaning brasses in an apron which had a ladies body on it in a Biniki.





 More may be posted at a later date ....  Enjoy :)