A film version based on dunns original short stories was released in 1968. Dunns novel was based on conversations she overheard among women around the clapham junction area and this fragmentary style is seized upon by ken loach in his play. When ken loach made this play he made it as you would a film not a traditional tv drama. Naslovni protagonist, ciji lik tumaci dave johns, je 59godisnji stolar koji je tesko obolio na srcu i kome je ljekar zabranio rad, ostavivsi ga tako bez prihoda. For a better experience on mubi, update your browser. In 2011, the television play was included in the 6 dvd. Available on dvd in the box set ken loach at the bbc 2entertain. Ken loach, one of britains most acclaimed film directors, has spent more than a half a century dramatising the plight of the poor and the vulnerable. Up the junction was completely different from all of this.
Aug 28, 2011 the bfis ken loach retrospective launches at bfi southbank on 1 september with the premiere of the save the children film and continues until 12 october. Up the junction was a 1963 novel written by nell dunn depicting contemporary life in the industrial slums of battersea near clapham junction the book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encounters, births, deaths and backstreet abortion provided a view of life that was previously unrecognised by many people of the time. Diary of a young man ken loach, peter duguid, 1964. Michele roberts hosts nell dunn for a post film screentalk. In this kind of film there is an emphasis on masculine world of dissent e. Ken loach biography, age, children, books, feature films.
Up the junction would also be significant in that he would for the first time work with tony garnett who would produce on many future ken loach. Ken loach inspired gritty portrait of unswinging 60s london. Fiftyone years ago tonight, kenneth ken loach s television production of nell dunns up the junction was broadcast for the first time. June 17, 1936, nuneaton, warwickshire, united kingdom filmography bibliography articles in senses web resources i have enormous respect for writers and i dont subscribe to the auteur theory of film making. Up the junctions tony garnett reveals mothers backstreet. A feature film of up the junction was made in 1968 but without ken loach s involvement. Nell dunns up the junction, directed by ken loach, was a controversial and mouldbreaking tv drama, watched by an audience of nearly 10 million on first transmission. Up the junction is a 1968 british film directed by peter collinson and starring dennis waterman, suzy kendall, adrienne posta, maureen lipman and liz fraser. In the uk there has sometimes been a tendency to view loach s work as worthy. The film has a liveliness and lyricism of style, partly arising from its use of 60s pop music and. Why ken loach hasnt made a decent film since kes hes so keen to parade the virtue of those he feels have been robbed of a voice that his work sinks under the weight.
It is based on the 1963 book of the same name by nell dunn and was adapted by roger smith. Nell dunn s up the junction, directed by ken loach, was a controversial and. Learn more about loachs life and career, including his other movies. Loach made up the junction for the bbc series wednesday play in 1965. This was a signpost for ken loach s future favoured directing style striving for naturalism and realism. When film and tv producer tony garnett made up the junction in the 1960s, abortion was illegal. The film followed ken loach s bbc tv adaptation of 1965, but returned to the original book. Up the junction is an episode of the bbc anthology drama series the wednesday play directed by ken loach. Jun 17, 2016 but it was the world of up the junction and cathy come home, both written by nell dunn, which distinguished loachs naturalist trademark and observational style alongside poor cow and kes. Based on a popular british novel by nell dunn, up the junction was a madefortv movie in 1965 before being remade for theatrical release in 1968. But it was the world of up the junction and cathy come home, both written by nell dunn, which distinguished loach s naturalist trademark and observational style alongside poor cow and kes. Fragments of the life of three workingclass women, and the people around them, in south london in the 1960s. Loach s earliest directorial contribution was on episodes of the groundbreaking police series zcars, but he first attracted serious attention with up the junction, a starkly realistic portrayal of workingclass life in south london, which went out in 1965 as one of the earliest productions in the bbcs innovative wednesday playslot.
He portrayed the conflicts of the working class beautifully. A cinema film version followed in 1968 with a soundtrack by manfred mann. In this semidocumentary early work he deals, among other things, with the topic of abortion. It opens with all the jubilation of youth, of girls out on the town, meeting some boys, music and booze and happy chatter and dancing and that moment. The smearing of film director ken loach and jeremy corbyn. Scenes in homes, streets, pubs, prison and their workplace cover family, friendship, romance, sex. Up the junction was ken loachs fourth wednesday play, following a tap on the shoulder the first play to be broadcast in the wednesday play slot, attracting 10million viewers, wear a very big hat and three clear sundays all 1965. Loach s producer in this period was tony garnett and their professional connection. Ken loach celebrity profile check out the latest ken loach photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The smearing of ken loach and jeremy corbyn is the face of. Nov 03, 2006 in 1965, a year before cathy come home caused outrage with its story of a family torn apart by homelessness, up the junction featured scenes of factory women, coarse language and a backstreet. With carol white, geraldine sherman, vickery turner, tony selby. Up the junction the english director ken loach is a true master and always expresses his political and social concerns cinematically. He is known for his naturalistic, social realist directing style and for his socialist ideals, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as homelessness cathy come home, 1966 and labour rights riffraff, 1991, and the navigators, 2001.
In 1965 it was adapted for television by the bbc as part of the wednesday play anthology series directed by ken loach. The years between 1956 and 1963 have been customarily regarded by studies of postwar english film as marked by a move towards realism. The wilkinson glass factory in the midlands believe they are a caring employer even providing a free bag of coal as a christmas bonus and have always had a good relationship with the local. Up the junction 1965 is a drama movie starring carol white and geraldine sherman. Oct 17, 2019 ken loachs contribution to this shortfilm package of filmmakers responses to 911 is a perfectly serviceable account of a different september 11. Nearly 25 years later he produced up the junction, a bbc wednesday play directed by ken loach that prompted a then record 400 complaints for its unvarnished portrayal of. Ken loach, in full kenneth loach, born june 17, 1936, nuneaton, warwickshire, england, british director whose works are considered landmarks of social realism loach studied law at st. Please note the following is adapted from my dissertation on the television play and its role in the development of the british film industry, from 2006. They include the docudramas up the junction 1965, cathy come home 1966 and in two minds 1967. It features suzy kendall as polly, an upperclass chelsea girl who decides to relieve her boredom by slumming in a workingclass section of london called battersea. Peters college, oxford, but while there he became interested in acting. Cathy come home, however, is the movie that established the trio of garnett, loach and sandford as social advocates, using the dramatic power of film and television as their weapon for change.
Up the junction, directed by ken loach in 1965, showed that 29 perhaps english cinema needed television finally to embrace the subversion 30 of film. Aug 31, 20 nell dunns up the junction, a set of loosely linked vignettes of workingclass london, caught a cultural mood when it was first published in 1963. Up the junctions tony garnett reveals mothers backstreet abortion. The play was adapted by nell dunn and uncredited ken loach from dunns short story collection of the same name. Ken loach was born in nuneaton, warwickshire, england, in 1936. It generated less controversy and impact than the loach version. Ken loachs powerful drama about young women in clapham. Up the junction 1965 up the junction was ken loachs fourth wednesday play, following a tap on the shoulder the first play to be broadcast in. After graduating in 1957, he spent two years in the royal air force and then began a career in the dramatic arts. Loachs film kes 1969 was voted the seventh greatest british film of the 20th century in a poll by the british film institute. The official home of award winning director ken loach.
The first version of up the junction was of course ken loach and tony garnetts filming of the book for the play for today strand in 1965, with carol white as sylvie, geraldine sherman as rube and vickery turner as eileen, presumably the unnamed narrator of the book. The television version of the play was the inspiration for the 1979 squeeze hit up the junction. Mar 05, 2017 up the junction is one of my favourite ken loach films i think. The film followed ken loachs bbc tv adaptation of 1965, but returned to the original book. Up the junction up the junction is one of my favourite ken loach films i think. It was probably the ten million viewers who watched ken loachs wednesday play adaptation of nell dunns novel up the junction in 1965 that convinced paramount of the potential for success of a big screen version, released three years later. An analysis of loachs up the junction and sweet sixteen. Jan 07, 2018 he was the 9th filmmaker to receive the cannes film festivals palme dor award twice. The ken loach directed version he did for bbc in 65 which was an episode of the bbc anthology drama series the wednesday play and the paramount studios remake from 68 directed by peter collinson. Up the junction 1965 the end of arthurs marriage 1965 coming out party. A record 400 viewers complained to the bbc, mostly about the programmes bad language and depiction of sexual promiscuity.
Ken loach, director, up the junction known for his politically uncompromising and challenging films, ken loach has been one of the uks most prolific and influential film and television directors for nearly 50 years. Combining documentary and fiction, ken loach brought nell dunns striking writing into the homes of millions in 1965, receiving a record 400 complaints when first broadcast for its language, talk of sex and depiction of abortion. Up the junction gives an uninhibited, raw and striking account of workingclass life in 1960s south london, told through 16 interwoven stories. For a start it really had no beginning or end, just a middle section. Rube, sylvie and eileen are three clapham factory girls up for a good time. Reviewed at showroom cinema, sheffield, 1 november 2016. Ja, daniel blake je britanskofrancuskobelgijski igrani film snimljen 2016. This groundbreaking drama saw ken loach take the filming out of the studio and. I decided to watch both up the junction adaptations back to back. Up the junction 1965 up the junction was ken loach s fourth wednesday play, following a tap on the shoulder the first play to be broadcast in.
Producer of film and television drama whose collaborations with ken loach included cathy come home and kes tony garnett, who has died aged 83, was a hugely influential creator of british film and television drama, from excoriating early work such as cathy come home and up the junction, to the classic film kes and the popular television series this life and ballykissangel. Up the junction 1968 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. His notable films include kes, hidden agenda, the wind that shakes the barley, and i, daniel blake. As a director for bbc television after college studies, loach made 10 contributions to wednesday play anthology series. Nell dunns up the junction, a set of loosely linked vignettes of workingclass london, caught a cultural mood when it was first published in 1963. The ken loach directed version he did for bbc in 65 which was an episode of the bbc. Up the junction, directed by ken loach in 1965, showed that perhaps english cinema needed television finally to embrace the subversion of film language. Up the junctions tony garnett reveals mothers backstreet abortion death. Up the junction is an episode of the bbc anthology drama series the wednesday play directed by ken loach, produced by james mactaggart, and first broadcast on 3 november 1965 on bbc 1. The ken loach youtube channel gives you access to his early major films, including cathy come home, a 1966 bbc docudrama that portrays a young couple grappling with poverty, unemployment, and homelessness, and also kes, a 1970 movie thats now ranked seventh on the british film institutes list of the top ten british films.
As ken loach returns triumphant from cannes with its highest accolade, the palme dor, this is a key moment to revisit the beginning of his career and his first feature film, poor cow 1967. The first witnessed the start of the free cinema movement, as well as the official launch of the populist trend of the plays and novels of the angry young men. Named after the road into baghdad airport, loachs assault on the wests murky activities in iraq focuses on the outsourcing of fighting and the subsequent corporate coverup. The film makers crime like corbyns wasnt antisemitism but recalling a time when class solidarity inspired the struggle for a better world. The play was adapted by nell dunn and uncredited ken loach 1 from dunns short story collection of the same name. Ken loach entered the world in nuneaton, warwickshire, and made numerous contributions to the anthology series from the bbcs wednesday play including cathy come home and up the junction. The smearing of ken loach and jeremy corbyn is the face of our new toxic politics. Producer who edited ken loachs 1965 tv drama about illegal abortion. The wednesday play up the junction tv episode 1965 imdb. He was the 9th filmmaker to receive the cannes film festivals palme dor award twice. Kenneth ken loach born 17 june 1936 is an english film and television director. Ken loach, director, up the junction known for his politically uncompromising and challenging films, ken loach has been one of the uks most prolific and influential film. Tony garnett, 77, the veteran tv and film producer with credits ranging.
The ken loachdirected version he did for bbc in 65 which was an episode of the bbc. His films have often depicted the casual indifference or active hostility of the state as it exercises unaccountable power over ordinary people. Jun 19, 2018 combining documentary and fiction, ken loach brought nell dunns striking writing into the homes of millions in 1965, receiving a record 400 complaints when first broadcast for its language, talk of sex and depiction of abortion. The key difference was that television plays had hitherto been threeact.
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