Alan Burton and Tim O'sullivan
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748632893
- eISBN:
- 9780748671144
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748632893.003.0004
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
One of the key and consistent themes in the post-war films of Dearden and Relph concerned men forced to confront new circumstances and changed expectations. This chapter surveys eleven of their films ...
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One of the key and consistent themes in the post-war films of Dearden and Relph concerned men forced to confront new circumstances and changed expectations. This chapter surveys eleven of their films (1948 – 1970) that work in a diversity of genres settings and scenarios but that are distinguished by tragic, male narratives. These films result either in the death of the male protagonist or in his otherwise seriously compromised ending. These are not ‘social problem’ films as such, but they do address from multiple viewpoints, the contradictions and anxieties of men, dealing with and trying to face up to, the forces of personal, social and historical change.Less
One of the key and consistent themes in the post-war films of Dearden and Relph concerned men forced to confront new circumstances and changed expectations. This chapter surveys eleven of their films (1948 – 1970) that work in a diversity of genres settings and scenarios but that are distinguished by tragic, male narratives. These films result either in the death of the male protagonist or in his otherwise seriously compromised ending. These are not ‘social problem’ films as such, but they do address from multiple viewpoints, the contradictions and anxieties of men, dealing with and trying to face up to, the forces of personal, social and historical change.
Martin O’Shaughnessy
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719091506
- eISBN:
- 9781781708590
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719091506.003.0003
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter discusses Cantet’s lesser known early films, Tous à la manif, Jeux de plage and Les Sanguinaires, noting how they show Cantet’s method(s) already at work and rehearse situations that ...
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This chapter discusses Cantet’s lesser known early films, Tous à la manif, Jeux de plage and Les Sanguinaires, noting how they show Cantet’s method(s) already at work and rehearse situations that will be more fully developed in the later works. It shows how the oedipal situations and male melodramas to be found in the films are penetrated by broader social tensions, Cantet always using the interpersonal to dramatize and dissect broader dynamics. It also discusses the utopian dimension of the films and notably their exploration of collective mobilisation and radical social reinvention, and the obstacles to both.Less
This chapter discusses Cantet’s lesser known early films, Tous à la manif, Jeux de plage and Les Sanguinaires, noting how they show Cantet’s method(s) already at work and rehearse situations that will be more fully developed in the later works. It shows how the oedipal situations and male melodramas to be found in the films are penetrated by broader social tensions, Cantet always using the interpersonal to dramatize and dissect broader dynamics. It also discusses the utopian dimension of the films and notably their exploration of collective mobilisation and radical social reinvention, and the obstacles to both.
