FTT 44235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ken Loach, Joan Littlewood, Free Cinema
27 Sep 2016
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We"ve been looking at 2 types of social realism: Showing what is there (sunday night and sunday morning) Looking at what exists, looking at the reality of the world. So first film is an attempt to look very closely at the ignored. Social realism working to establish working class on cinema. Came up with the idea that theatre should showcase those that are ignored. This new thing for theatre became a new thing for cinema. So looking at the people and try to understand them. Not real social realism (mischief night and yasmin) Things became symbolic so it ceased to be social realism bc it"s interested in the object as a metalinguistic sense which creates a myth. Because not interested in the actual feel of person or thing you"re photographing and more interested in what it means. There"s a gap: a metaphysical and physical gap between whites and. Started at the tailing at the free cinema films.
