This Is England...

...is on, on film four + 1 in 15 mins, ive heard its good?

just thought id mention incase you would want to watch it also.

It's absolutely brilliant. Best film I saw last year.

i missed the start and got no film four plus one.

so i'll wait. film four tend to show the same film everyday for six years.

yeah i liked it.

i missed the 9 showing, thank fuck i got backup with + 1

It definitely looks authentic (I was about that age at that time).

But I preferred the director's first film, 'Dead Man's Shoes' - highly recommended.

it's on www.66stage.com, fairly bad quality tho.

i need some ska.

the fashions and the grifter brought back memories

of how shit everything was

It definitely looks authentic (I was about that age at that time).

But I preferred the director's first film, 'Dead Man's Shoes' - highly recommended.

er...

1st film, after 'once upon a time in the midlands', '24/7', 'a room for romeo brass', and a few shorts.

thought the ending was a bit forced but cracking film

ditto great film, but dead man's shoes is one of my favourite films - a bit bleaker than my normal choice, but really really good.

er...

1st film, after 'once upon a time in the midlands', '24/7', 'a room for romeo brass', and a few shorts.

I meant to say "first decent film" :p

the fashions and the grifter brought back memories

of how shit everything was

You must have a little tinge of happiness at the thought of a grifter?
What about the 3 speed sturmey archer gears with colour coded shifter and a neutral gear?
... or the moulded padding on the handlebars?
...or the hexagon pattern on the tyres?
...or the seat that disintegrated and left a flat mild steel plate for you to sit on,
...or the ratly round reflector underneath the seat?
---or, even if its just the smugness of not having to ride a bike when you're 10 that weighs half a ton.

I saw this at the end of the London film Festival a couple of years back. Came out of the the cinema in Leicester square and there's Shane Meadows doing a vox pop. Top British film that really captures the whole rites of passage in the 80s thing. I so hope he manages to find his feet in the big bad world of filum cause he's a **dead **nice bloke.

OH and Dead Mans Shoes is a must.

I meant to say "first decent film" :p

A Room For Romeo Brass, made on BBC2 money years back, is a stunning film. Really you'll have to go out of your way to find it now, but it's has some incredible performances.

oh yeah...

"Maggie is a Twat"

:)

24/7 and romeo Brass are his best IMO. You can get them both quite cheap at Fopp. It's now all distributed by Warp Films, film arm of Warp records

My flat mate has the 'this is shane meadows' box set - has this is england, 24 - 7, dead mans shoes and room for romeo brass, i think.

You must have a little tinge of happiness at the thought of a grifter?
What about the 3 speed sturmey archer gears with colour coded shifter and a neutral gear?
... or the moulded padding on the handlebars?
...or the hexagon pattern on the tyres?
...or the seat that disintegrated and left a flat mild steel plate for you to sit on,
...or the ratly round reflector underneath the seat?
---or, even if its just the smugness of not having to ride a bike when you're 10 that weighs half a ton.

but they did weigh a ton!

before that I had a very old fixed thing with rod-pull brakes.

the problem was, by the time my parents could afford to get me the grifter, I had it only five minutes before the raleigh burner came out!

grifters were the must-have of the previous year, but the burner was nigh-on a proper BMX!

I had to ride the grifter for many years, the gears had stopped working, the seat was as you describe and the handlebar padding was partially worn, that stuff was tough.

yeah Romeo Brass is a blinding film, probably his best up to This is England, which I haven't seen. He seems to explore British masculinity in a way noone else has ever pulled off.

Once Upon A Time In The Midlands is a wicked film too; don't know if Where's the Money Ronnie is around but that's good as well.

I didn't think Dead Man's Shoes gelled quite as well as some of the others.

i thought once upon a time in the midlands was a real letdown.

Where's the Money Ronnie is around but that's good as well.

Ha! that was screened as a short back then (ten or eleven years ago?) in front of Smalltime. They were fuckin hilarious, and a bit shit, like grifters, all at the same time.

For some reason I couldn't be arsed to ever see another one after 24 7 which pissed me off a bit.

I think working in advertsising for films makes me wanna barf at the thought of actually seeing a film. Like allergies, they come from over-exposure.

Dead Mans Shoes is fucking ace.

Just for putting Paddy Considine out there, the man is a legend (terrifying in Dead man's). A director who will never forget his mates (he's back working with long-time collaborator Paul Fraser for his new one), who works best when not hounded by studios (Midlands was a blip), and is constantly finding great, fresh talent.
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