Reminded me of Kurosawa’s ikiru– a damnation of Japanese bureaucracy
Ellipsis editing- lack of music—it’s in the vain of cinema’s realism or neo realism (or neo neo-realism)
Loach is a solid filmmaker but he’s not the dardenne brothers- no handheld camera to create immediately and intimacy—not quite the formal rigor of the Belgium realist masters—nor their penchant for beautiful images
A very rich, memorable title character
Fits in loach’s political filmography but not nearly as good as kes
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