Format:
1 DVD-Video (85 Min.)
,
schwarz-weiß
Series Statement:
Ken Loach at the BBC 1
Uniform Title:
The big flame
Content:
After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to occupy the docks and run the operation themselves ... The play was filmed in Loach's accustomed drama-documentary format, honed on previous Wednesday Plays like "Up the Junction" (1965) and "Cathy Come Home" (1966). Real dockers appear, and the actors speak not well-rehearsed lines but in the disjointed, often incoherent, manner of authentic speech. It is captured on murky 16mm film, giving the picture the same quality as contemporaneous newsreel footage. Only the occasional voiceovers diverge from the apparent objectivity of this fly-on-the-wall aesthetic. [www.screenonline.org.uk]
Note:
engl. / UT: engl. für Hörgesch.
Language:
English
Keywords:
DVD-Video
