Alan Clarke

[Cian O'Connor]

Dozens. He mostly made films for television, but he
made a couple for the cinema. Responsible for
launching the careers of many British actors (most of
whom have gone on to embarass themselves). His films
are very literal, so hard to describe without making
them sound boring. However, three that I particularly
like:

Scum - details conditions among inmates in a British
Borstal (prison for kids). The best film I can think
of about prison. Deconstructs the institutionalised
violence of prison. Original version was banned by the
BBC, so it was remade by ITV (commercial channel). The
remake led to borstals being closed.

Made in Britain - About a racist skinhead (Tim Roth in
what is still his best role). Alienated (very
intelligent, working class) product of Thatcher years.
Even though you loathe the protagonist, its impossible
not to identify with him. Which is of course the point
of the film.

Christine - Day in the (fairly boring) life of a
couple of heroin addicts in an estate.

Liberals really hate him...

--- joanna bujes <joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com> wrote: >
At 01:37 PM 03/06/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >How many Americans, btw, have seen the films by the
> >late, great Alan Clarke. A great political
> director,
> >who's rare in that his films were more popular with
> >the plebs, than the middle classes.
> 
> Not me. What did he do?
> 
> Joanna
>  

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