haribobosses t1_iydw4zr wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:55 PM

Reply to comment by BristolShambler in The Decline of British Blue Collar Stories On Screen: 25 years since NIL BY MOUTH first hit screens, Gary Oldman’s film has become a relic of a time when working-class stories were major cinematic events. What happened? by Bullingdon1973

Mike Leigh around the same time was making pretty popular gritty working class dramas though. What about Ken Loach?

BristolShambler t1_iyegxoh wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:08 PM

Leigh & Loach were making critically lauded work in the 90s, but it wasn’t really popular. Before Boyle in particular came onto the scene British films were stereotyped as being all like Kes and Cathy Come Home.

They’ve both seen a bit of a resurgence in popularity- partly because of our current government - but for a while that style of filmmaking was seen as just deeply uncool

Jaggedmallard26 t1_iyepbnb wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:01 PM

I would barely say Ken Loach is seeing a resurgence in popularity. His last few films are popular among journalists and independent cinema types but they haven't broken remotely into the British mainstream. Most Brits who know of him will have heard of him through articles but not actually watched his films.