Results for “Ken Loach”

In television, you have to start thinking in terms of images- and understand how drama changes from its theatrical to cinematic form.

British Filmmaker Known for Social Realist Films & Political Advocacy

I take it back to those still black and white photographs from earlier days, a form of photography that observes people, and explores the ways of observing them.

British Filmmaker Known for Social Realist Films & Political Advocacy

Working class life has been important to me; it's not a question of pity or disaster- but of enjoying the comedy, warmth and generosity of spirit that you find there – alongside the use of language, dialects, and the stories of childhood and old-age.

British Filmmaker Known for Social Realist Films & Political Advocacy

The look of a film indicates the relationship you have with characters. You don't pick an aesthetic in abstract – you need to have a core point, a core reason to make a film, and the form of aesthetic springs from that necessity. Everything has to relate to that core intention.

British Filmmaker Known for Social Realist Films & Political Advocacy

Contemporary photography is quite exploitative – and looks at people as objects in a display-case rather than as individuals with whom we have a shared common humanity, connection, and solidarity. Photography has gone from I am part of this, to look at this.

British Filmmaker Known for Social Realist Films & Political Advocacy

You don't pick an aesthetic in abstract – you need to have a core point, a core reason to make a film, and the form of aesthetic springs from that necessity. Everything has to relate to that core intention.

British Filmmaker Known for Social Realist Films & Political Advocacy