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John Hill's definitive study looks at the career and work of British director Ken Loach. From his early television work (Cathy Come Home) through to landmark films (Kes) and examinations of British society (Looking For Eric) this landmark study reveals Loach as one of the great European directors.
"The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People examines the linking of art and politics that distinguishes the work of this leading British film director. Loach's films manifest recurrent themes over a long period of working with various collaborators, yet his handling of those themes has changed throughout his career. This book examines those changes as a way of reaching an understanding of Loach's style and meaning. It evaluates how Loach incorporates his political beliefs and those of his writers into his work and augments this thematic interpretation with contextual information gleaned from original archive research and new interviews."--BOOK JACKET.
This first English-language book on Loach brings together seven original essays on major aspects of his work, an interview with the director, as well as comprehensive and unique reference material. The contributions examine Loach's ongoing concerns with social and political issues in Britain, questions of censorship, the way in which he develops film narratives around public issues, his domestic morality tales, and the formal and aesthetic questions raised by his particular approach to filmmaking.
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This investigation of the British director Ken Loach explores the man behind films such as 'Kes' and 'My Name is Joe'. The author examines the influence of Loach's father, the politics which drive his work and his long-time collaborations with writers and producers.
Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1.3, University of Potsdam (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: English Cultural an Media Studies, language: English, abstract: The 1990s was a very productive decade for the British film industry. It is the continuation of the so-called ‘renaissance’ in British film, which started in the 1980s. Films of those years were noted for “their realism, their simplicity, their absence of special effects and their originality” and often politically, socially and/or ethnically motivated. One of the British directors renowned for precisely this kind of filmmaking is Ken...
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El interés por las connotaciones y la denuncia de las injusticias políticas -constantes del cine de Loach- han otorgado a su obra una visión contestataria y libre contra las desigualdades. Una crítica que le enfrenta directamente con el sistema y el poder, pero que en absoluto le margina.