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Written and directed by Shaun Meadows this is an at least semi autobiographical account of being a 12 year old boy in the northern town in England in the summer of 1983.
Against a background of Thatcher, ska music, the Falklands War and rising unemployment, a boy finds support and friendship and everything is on the up until the ugliness of British racism rears its head and everything turns psychotic.
This is a very very believable account of a boy looking for something he can't define.
The whole reminds me of how England was then.
It is extremely real.
It is extremely depressing. At least for me.
It contains everything I wanted to leave.
At the end it contains some violence. It is ugly. As it should be.
I think this is an extremely good film.
It has some very nasty truths about Britain.
It is an uncomfortable film.
It is not 4 Weddings And A Funeral although there are moments when you will laugh.
Highly recommended.
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Topic - This Is England - dave c 21:27:29 08/27/07 (17)
- Did you leave? I think - tinear 04:35:43 08/28/07 (16)
- Yes, I left - dave c 13:43:12 08/28/07 (15)
- Thanks, Dave, for the informative, and courteous, - tinear 18:23:34 08/28/07 (14)
- RE: Thanks, Dave, for the informative, and courteous, - jamesgarvin 10:49:40 08/29/07 (13)
- You're thinking of old Britain. If you'd care to start a conversation - tinear 15:48:33 08/29/07 (9)
- RE: You're thinking of old Britain. If you'd care to start a conversation - jamesgarvin 16:42:01 08/29/07 (0)
- RE: You're thinking of old Britain. If you'd care to start a conversation - jamesgarvin 16:20:45 08/29/07 (7)
- What about about that groucer´s daughter, Iron Maiden, aka Margaret Thatcher? (nt) - orejones 10:40:07 08/30/07 (0)
- But the USA elects a king every 4 years - dave c 18:50:50 08/29/07 (3)
- RE: But the USA elects a king every 4 years - jamesgarvin 07:00:24 08/30/07 (2)
- The rule of one - dave c 13:34:31 08/30/07 (0)
- "Elect is the operative word here." I´d rather say "The USA is bought a king every 4 years" (nt) - orejones 10:42:31 08/30/07 (0)
- You persist in arguing from a specific thinking it proves some larger point: - tinear 17:38:50 08/29/07 (1)
- RE: You persist in arguing from a specific thinking it proves some larger point: - jamesgarvin 07:02:43 08/30/07 (0)
- more than a ring of truth - dave c 14:14:49 08/29/07 (2)
- RE: more than a ring of truth - jamesgarvin 16:09:39 08/29/07 (1)
- Your last point? Absolutely! nt - dave c 18:46:58 08/29/07 (0)
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