This introductory talk considers British cinema during the Thatcher years, and looks at how films at the time addressed the ‘state-of-the-nation’. Some did this directly (MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE), some used allegory – (THE COOK, THE THIEF…) while others took flight to the past (HOWARDS END; DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES).
Dr Andrew Moor will also contextualise Shane Meadows’ THIS IS ENGLAND by looking at other recent films which have caught the mood of the 80s.
Led by Dr Andrew Moor, Senior Lecturer in Film at Manchester Metropolitan University.