Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

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john r I don't like Ken loach but I really enjoyed this doc about him Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A very interesting documentary no matter what your political leanings. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Shot and sandwiched in-between I, Daniel Blake. His hatred of all things Tory is evident from the very start "bastards". Starts out during his early years as the son of right wing and Daily Mail loving father and at Oxford studying law. From the years ahead of its time Cathy Come Home up until the film that dragged out of retirement I, Daniel Blake. His films have always been socially relevant and important. Controversy has always followed him around and his banned documentaries about the miner strikes saw him black listed and unemployable during the best part of the 1980's. The play Predition about Zionist and Nazi collaboration during WWII in Hungary added further damage to his career leading him to experience further humiliation by making commercials for Nestle, Carmarc and regrettably McDonald's to survive. His first film for 12 years Hidden Agenda courted further controversy with the right wing rags calling it the IRA entry into Cannes Film Festival. The rest is history and he has been prolific for the last quarter of a century. With Brexit and further unemployment and social injustice hitting working class communities let's hope he doesn't hang up his directors chair just yet. What a remarkable human being. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Very predictable fare here. All the usual cliches, and they barely cover Loach's back-catalogue. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Measured, superbly edited overview of Ken Loach's career. Even those closest to him, such as producer Tony Garnett, admit he can be merciless if crossed. And who knew that at the beginning of his career he was a rather indifferent supporting actor and Tory supporter? His children talk of his love of musicals. And then there is the unspoken grief of losing his young son in a motorway accident. A complex and contradictory man. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member http://cinephilecrocodile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/versus-life-and-films-of-ken-loach-dir.html Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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