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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Apr 3, 2020 1:44:18 GMT
I think many of us are fans of this genre - myself very much included. Can we agree that Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and A Taste Of Honey are the two best? I'm interested in the precursors, too, and the films and TV dramas that came a little later but were still more or less in that style. Up The Junction, for example. Remember how great Coronation Street was at the start of the 60s? Vote for your three favourites, talk about Shelagh Delaney, John Osborne, Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney. Shit all over Richard Burton if you want.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 7:44:56 GMT
I do like Room At The Top though. Simone Signoret.
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Post by tory on Apr 3, 2020 11:27:37 GMT
I watched a Taste of Honey a little while back because my Year 12 group were covering the emergence of the sixties. I'd never seen it before but enjoyed it a lot.
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Post by tory on Apr 3, 2020 11:28:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 11:46:24 GMT
I do like Room At The Top though. Simone Signoret. I would place it alongside SNSM and Taste as the best. It captures a different side of the 60s, the ruthless aspiration to join the business classes. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 11:48:07 GMT
Taste of Honey is my favourite of the era. Morrissey has nicked every other line from it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 11:51:09 GMT
I watched a Taste of Honey a little while back because my Year 12 group were covering the emergence of the sixties. I'd never seen it before but enjoyed it a lot. I used to show the opening 15 minutes of Saturday..to my film studies class as an introduction to British Social Realism. They used to really struggle with it  Even 15 minutes was too much for them. I can imagine Taste might fare better, it has a more modern sensibility with having a young woman as the central character and a supporting gay character. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 12:40:23 GMT
Saturday Night went down well in our class, in fact some students really got into it. It might be an accent thing.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 14:15:11 GMT
Saturday Night went down well in our class, in fact some students really got into it. It might be an accent thing. You probably had a better teacher!  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 14:46:09 GMT
He was very French New Wave centric. The absolute spit of Anatoly Solonitsyn too.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Apr 4, 2020 6:53:37 GMT
I watched a Taste of Honey a little while back because my Year 12 group were covering the emergence of the sixties. I'd never seen it before but enjoyed it a lot. I used to show the opening 15 minutes of Saturday..to my film studies class as an introduction to British Social Realism. They used to really struggle with it Even 15 minutes was too much for them. I can imagine Taste might fare better, it has a more modern sensibility with having a young woman as the central character and a supporting gay character. I watched it last night - first time in 30 years, maybe - and thought it was great. Sweet, funny, touching. Shelagh Delaney was only 19 when she wrote the play, and RIta Tushingham was also only 19 when she took the part! And I've rarely felt more sympathy for a central character - even tho' she's all over the place in terms of moods, wishes. Dora Bryan was fabulous too. There's that great scene where mother and daughter are going at it like blazes, and the lad tells them to stop it, and Dora turns to him saying 'oh shut up we enjoy it!' I watched some of the extras, too. Shelagh D actually pops up in an early scene as a netball coach. She was apparently exceptionally shy - as you can see here: It's a very different film to SNSM, I think. The protagonists couldn't BE more different. |
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Post by fonz on Apr 5, 2020 16:06:00 GMT
I love Billy Liar.
Julie Christie. wow.
But, Rossiter was the stand-out! *(Emmanuel Shadrach)
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Apr 6, 2020 7:17:03 GMT
Rossiter was fabulous. He popped up in something on the Talking Pictures channel the other day - a scene where he's chatting to Arthur Lowe. The screen was ABLAZE with talent!!
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Apr 6, 2020 7:18:23 GMT
I always thought Billy Liar was a bit too comedic. I mean, it's a good film and all but it's a bit lightweight compared to most of these.
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