Comments on: Film 2Oh!!: 80’s Public Sector Nostalgia (aka There’ll Always Be A Loach) https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2011/04/film-2oh-80s-public-sector-nostalgia-aka-therell-always-be-a-loach Lollards in the high church of low culture Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:20:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Pete https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2011/04/film-2oh-80s-public-sector-nostalgia-aka-therell-always-be-a-loach/comment-page-1#comment-826761 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:20:43 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=21025#comment-826761 I think it probably has, though he has picked a bad place to start – a film where the story has all pretty much happened and the protagonist is notreally part of the interesting story at all. That he makes it more or less work is a good thing, but you can’t holdit upasa poster boy for driving narrative cinema.

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By: Mark M https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2011/04/film-2oh-80s-public-sector-nostalgia-aka-therell-always-be-a-loach/comment-page-1#comment-825999 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:34:23 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=21025#comment-825999 I guess what I want to know is if Loach Jr’s time in episodic TV have left him with a better grasp of narrative than his dad. Because while Ken’s films often include absolutely extraordinary moments, I’m hard pressed to think of one besides Kes that actually properly worked as a story for me.

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