The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People

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Wallflower Press, 2002 - Literary Criticism - 211 pages
"The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People examines the linking of art and politics that distinguishes the work of this leading British film director. Loach's films manifest recurrent themes over a long period of working with various collaborators, yet his handling of those themes has changed throughout his career. This book examines those changes as a way of reaching an understanding of Loach's style and meaning. It evaluates how Loach incorporates his political beliefs and those of his writers into his work and augments this thematic interpretation with contextual information gleaned from original archive research and new interviews."--BOOK JACKET.
 

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Jacob Leigh is lecturer in film studies at Royal Holloway, University of London.