Sixties British working-class films.

No, I used "buzzard" as a stand-in for another, somewhat similar-sounding word.

 

The Leather Boys (1964)
Dudley Sutton is brilliant in this.
Still active and very funny in the recent Cockneys vs Zombies.

 

whistle down the wind, an absolute classic

 

Andrew L Webber made a musical out of it, argh!!!!

 

I suppose Bill Douglas' My Childhood, My Ain Folk and My Way Home made in the '70s might appeal greatly to people who like a lot of the films mentioned in this thread...

 

A Taste of Honey is one of my favorites. Rita Tushingham was heartbreaking in that movie.

 

She ended up in Eastenders.

 

Poor Cow.
Excellent soundtrack.

 

A good decade for British cinema.
Before Deadwood star Ian McShane learnt how to swear there was ..
Sky West And Crooked

 

I had to laugh at this in "A Taste of Honey" so I made a clip. All these memories of the "golden days" of youth, but anyone remember when it was perfectly fine for teachers to lob an eraser at your head? I had a sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Era, with a wicked arm.

 

Apparently I must see "Look Back in Anger." How could I not? Burton and Claire Bloom (yum)!

 

We had a WWII RCAF vet who swam half the channel twice after being shot down. He would throw erasers and slam rulers down on desks if you didn't pay attention. Grade 5.

 

To Sir, With ❤️

 

Rubbers ?
Remember them well.

 

School.
Non pc.
What about getting caned across the a, or getting six of the belt, a leather strap coming down on your tiny hands at a ferocious speed. " Mummy " springs to mind....screams !!!!!!!!
Did it help you later in life ?
No.

 

Yep

 

Blimey that brought back some painful memories, I lost count of amount of times I had a board duster thrown at me

 

Noooooooooo

God these films remind of my childhood

 

Sounds like you went to the same school as I did, bleeding hated it and I still dont like teachers

 

Think the tables have turned in schools now and teachers are the victims, either way not good.

 

I got it from the library last week!
I love all these films.

 

These were all filmed where I grew up, along with that great films as well, you may see my house!

Spring And Port Wine
A Kind Of Loving
The Family Way

 

Revolutionary cinema at the time, though it swiftly became generic. The working class were largely marginalised on screen until then - comic relief, supportive of the middle class, criminals etc - and these films burst to life, especially Saturday Night Sunday Morning. Watching them now, it's odd to see how misogynistic some of them are and the 'rebellion' of the characters isn't straightforward nor are the characters entirely sympathetic - which is not necessarily a bad thing. There's a lot made about how wonderfully styled they are, but their visual roots are in Italian neo-realism (influencing the Free Cinema movement, no doubt), French New Wave and those American crime movies of the 40s and 50s that were shot on location and had jazz-inflected soundtracks. This was a strange period for British cinema. Without meaning to sound too simplistic, you have these adult-themed kitchen sink dramas, horror films and comedies, many of which are pretty dire.

My favourites are Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Room at the Top, A Taste of Honey, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Billy Liar - and Kes, of course. Loach is still knocking them out today. A good (ballpark) recent one is Sweet Sixteen. I admired the sentiments and aims of I, Daniel Blake but thought much of the acting bloody awful and thought the scene where he graffitied the wall kind of lamely directed in terms of the reactions of the passers-by. I have a soft spot for Carry On Cabbie too! I can't help but think Mike Leigh's more modern working class films owe as much to that as they do to the kitchen sink dramas.

 

The Shakedown (1960)
Harry H Corbett plays a soho sleazy character.

 

Charlie Bubbles (1967)
Overlooked little gem staring Albert Finney.