https://globalfilmstudies.com/2011/09/12/kens-jubilee-into-the-sixth-decade-of-loachian-cinema/ An introduction to global film for teachers and students Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:32:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://globalfilmstudies.com/2011/09/12/kens-jubilee-into-the-sixth-decade-of-loachian-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:32:49 +0000 http://itpworld.wordpress.com/?p=5461#comment-68 Yes, good to ‘praise a famous man’.
Actually, I think he is a stylist, not that style is foremost, but in that it is descernible across his output: and it is very important in presenting the content of the films.
And I think we need to revisit Loach’s values – over the years and as they develop.
My abiding reservation is that in the features he tends to use narrative techniques that tend towards the conventional. I think the drama documentaries are in many ways the most politically stimulating. And I have always wondered what would happen if we had more techniques that people term ‘Brechtian’, more distance?
As for ‘It’s a free World’, i think it is very good. It is atypical in not having a positive working class hero or heroine, but it engages with contemporary politics and economics.

]]> https://globalfilmstudies.com/2011/09/12/kens-jubilee-into-the-sixth-decade-of-loachian-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:21:16 +0000 http://itpworld.wordpress.com/?p=5461#comment-67 This is excellent, Roy! Looking forward to more Loachian posts – also did you read the piece on Loach in Sight & Sound; it was quite good in uncovering the Loach films that have been overlooked for different reasons.

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