Sheer undiluted grimness from the back of a festering ignorant cave, unobliterated cold genius, thanks Mike for this tender vicious tale of the human beasts we all are... such percipience... and great performances too... I feel a tad queasy so I know this is good... like A Day in the Life of Ivan Denesovitch or Maggie Girl of the Streets (maggots)... same ilk... keep on rockin' ect
A bleak study of a grim existence ......but what a marvellous understated upbeat ending,and what an incredible cast ...script....improvisation ...direction ...well the whole thing really.
Hmm.....life in the nineteen gloomys, that cunt Thatcher had a lot to answer for. Loads of people round our way say they'll have a street party when she pegs out.
A slice of life from an era when a large percentage of Working Class people in Britain were less self-obsessed & still actually cared about society & each other too. This film may seem rather boring and dated to some but I personally think it captures the overall feeling of the early 80s & the recession we endured under Thatcher's reign so well that I personally award this film ten out of ten.
he played trevor first that was his first film, then i wanted to see him in the film made in britain, couldnt believe it was the same bloke, thats what you call real acting you couldnt put the two together if you tried. Roth is truely a good actor.
Roth was showing early on how versatile he is as an actor... compare this lovely little nuanced performance against the articulate rage of Trevor from Made in Britain 2 years earlier. The final shot of Colin is one of the most evocative I've seen in many a moon... both sad and funny in equal measure.
Totally agree with you there code. To go from playing the likable but dim Colin to the obnoxious but intelligent Trevor with your first two films.Wow.
LampseyPiff - I just looked into your Freedom is Slavery. Seeing as I only ever read about half of 84...I'm pretty down with that whole thought though. The far left, the situationists especially. As Society of the Spectacle makes it way to me I shall read the other half of 1984! Politics is in the streets!!!!
Holy crap - I just realized that Pam Ferris, the woman who plays the mother, Mavis, is the same woman who played Ma Larkin on "The Darling Buds of May"
Thanks so much for this...i am a film student and had to watch this before a class tommorrow.what a great film.absolutely bursting with issues of social decline and fragmentation. Looking back over the history of British cinema each decade contains stark social realism so nothing has ever really changed in Britain...look whats happening even now socailly and economically...Politics is all just a big illusion...nothing changes, politicians have never been interested in 'change'.Freedom is slavery
Cor blimey, what the f**k are they teaching you at college these days? The polar opposite of reality it seems!
Go read Ayn Rand's essay "The Comprachicos" for an excellent run down of what's wrong with the modern education system and why it results in students who say things as absurd as "freedom is slavery."
I suppose you'd rather suffer REAL slavery under Marxism, eh?
Go read George Orwell's 1984 and attempt to understand what exatly is meant by 'Freedon is slavery'. My friend, i dont need to be taught anything in order to make a comment or have a view on things. I am a conscious human being capable of independant thought and form my opinions based on information i regard as trustworthy, not because it came from big mr professor. Thanks for the referal, i WILL read it. Read the biggest secret and how 1million people per year wake up and share my views. Peace.
That was a lovely film thanks for posting it.Tim Roth was so cute,aww he was sweet !.The whole cast were great actually.I've recently started becoming a fan of his films.He's a great actor.
Total masterpiece. Profound story of a brother's love. Phil Daniels' Mark is one of Leigh's most compelling moral creations, and clearly the template for Leigh's greatest character, Thewlis's Johnny in 'Naked'. But unlike in that film, here Leigh allows his protagonist an ultimate triumph. Despite moments of apparent cruelty, Mark is finally revealed to be doing no less than saving the soul of his retarded brother, Colin. And he succeeds. Favourite line: 'OUR pen!' Daniels... awesome power.
They should have turned this into a series. It would have worked. There are plenty of great believable characters. It's a masterpeice. A very realistic portrayal of working class London in the early eighties.
Amazing... summed up alot of 80's Britain for me... i remember it well... you can see the birth of chavs and how Colin shaves his head for Hayley...odd film, but lovely to...cheers for uploading
KOJAK.
elsalasdelagente 2 weeks ago
can anyone tell me the year i think its about 82
TheDerbuzz1967 1 month ago
Brilliant film
skinhead1O66 2 months ago
Sheer undiluted grimness from the back of a festering ignorant cave, unobliterated cold genius, thanks Mike for this tender vicious tale of the human beasts we all are... such percipience... and great performances too... I feel a tad queasy so I know this is good... like A Day in the Life of Ivan Denesovitch or Maggie Girl of the Streets (maggots)... same ilk... keep on rockin' ect
lucidalliance 3 months ago
i can see the same harshness as raining stones
markross68 9 months ago
A bleak study of a grim existence ......but what a marvellous understated upbeat ending,and what an incredible cast ...script....improvisation ...direction ...well the whole thing really.
ChoppyC 1 year ago
Sheer brilliance that hasn't dated at all. A major film in a minor key where the nothing that happens is everything. Stunning.
zzippyman1 1 year ago
@zzippyman1 That's a splendid comment zzippyman.Well said.
PeasGraveny 10 months ago
@PeasGraveny Thank you for saying that, it's good to know someone else can see it as I do.
zzippyman1 10 months ago
@zzippyman1 My pleasure.
PeasGraveny 10 months ago
Hmm.....life in the nineteen gloomys, that cunt Thatcher had a lot to answer for. Loads of people round our way say they'll have a street party when she pegs out.
...Good film.
loxi59tica 1 year ago
seen it 20 times or more,tragic,hilarious,fantastic
darrencornell1 1 year ago
seen it 20 times or more.brillant
darrencornell1 1 year ago
l know a lot of us can relate to this movie in some way.
tinypuppies3 1 year ago
I must add the early 80s were not grim for everyone. Just ask Duran Duran what life was like for them back then. Poncy pillocks! :D
TheFoxStrikesBack 1 year ago
@TheFoxStrikesBack life is much more grim now than it was when this film was made
rocksoliddude1 1 year ago
A slice of life from an era when a large percentage of Working Class people in Britain were less self-obsessed & still actually cared about society & each other too. This film may seem rather boring and dated to some but I personally think it captures the overall feeling of the early 80s & the recession we endured under Thatcher's reign so well that I personally award this film ten out of ten.
TheFoxStrikesBack 1 year ago 4
@TheFoxStrikesBack i wish life was still like that to be honest
rocksoliddude1 1 year ago
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allienwood 1 year ago
Don't make quality like this no more ,thats for sure
ChoppyC 1 year ago 3
I want to get a baseball bat and smack that fucker round the back of his head, knock him right out.
ekhornbeck127 2 years ago
Great film, thanks for uploading!
LiveLoveObsess 2 years ago
i cant believe i didnt notice coxy as gary oldman, this is a right good British film.
Loge91 2 years ago 3
Great britain love it
fredsaidnick 2 years ago
he played trevor first that was his first film, then i wanted to see him in the film made in britain, couldnt believe it was the same bloke, thats what you call real acting you couldnt put the two together if you tried. Roth is truely a good actor.
texplastics 2 years ago 2
this film was amazing, thanks for uploading! god i love tim roth
stargirlshadow 2 years ago 3
great film
LeCherryUppurd 2 years ago
Eddie Hitler had a troubled upbringing didnt he
dangrimmy 2 years ago 7
@dangrimmy omfg lol hilarious
rocksoliddude1 1 year ago
That was class, thanks very much
horseapples45 2 years ago 2
Roth was showing early on how versatile he is as an actor... compare this lovely little nuanced performance against the articulate rage of Trevor from Made in Britain 2 years earlier. The final shot of Colin is one of the most evocative I've seen in many a moon... both sad and funny in equal measure.
codeinestation 2 years ago
Totally agree with you there code. To go from playing the likable but dim Colin to the obnoxious but intelligent Trevor with your first two films.Wow.
albion7000 2 years ago
LampseyPiff - I just looked into your Freedom is Slavery. Seeing as I only ever read about half of 84...I'm pretty down with that whole thought though. The far left, the situationists especially. As Society of the Spectacle makes it way to me I shall read the other half of 1984! Politics is in the streets!!!!
9407113678 3 years ago
Aw, no Coxy. I miss him. :P
viskagahandihand 3 years ago
Holy crap - I just realized that Pam Ferris, the woman who plays the mother, Mavis, is the same woman who played Ma Larkin on "The Darling Buds of May"
NameNotaNumber 3 years ago
Thanks so much for this...i am a film student and had to watch this before a class tommorrow.what a great film.absolutely bursting with issues of social decline and fragmentation. Looking back over the history of British cinema each decade contains stark social realism so nothing has ever really changed in Britain...look whats happening even now socailly and economically...Politics is all just a big illusion...nothing changes, politicians have never been interested in 'change'.Freedom is slavery
LampseyPiff 3 years ago
"Freedom is slavery"
Cor blimey, what the f**k are they teaching you at college these days? The polar opposite of reality it seems!
Go read Ayn Rand's essay "The Comprachicos" for an excellent run down of what's wrong with the modern education system and why it results in students who say things as absurd as "freedom is slavery."
I suppose you'd rather suffer REAL slavery under Marxism, eh?
NameNotaNumber 3 years ago
Go read George Orwell's 1984 and attempt to understand what exatly is meant by 'Freedon is slavery'. My friend, i dont need to be taught anything in order to make a comment or have a view on things. I am a conscious human being capable of independant thought and form my opinions based on information i regard as trustworthy, not because it came from big mr professor. Thanks for the referal, i WILL read it. Read the biggest secret and how 1million people per year wake up and share my views. Peace.
LampseyPiff 3 years ago
Tim Roth is so cute in this !.I just want to give him a hug,lol.
Bethfromwigan 3 years ago
That was a lovely film thanks for posting it.Tim Roth was so cute,aww he was sweet !.The whole cast were great actually.I've recently started becoming a fan of his films.He's a great actor.
Bethfromwigan 3 years ago
I feel so sorry for Colin it hurts. Could his life be any more shit and pointless?
degaulle30 3 years ago
Wow, wow, wow. One hell of a movie. Thank you for posting!
BuchuBuchuMan 3 years ago
ps, I wish some one would poet Leigh's Naked.
BuchuBuchuMan 3 years ago
My eternal gratitude to you for posting this! The only question is....what was Ade Edmondson from "Bottom" doing in his bed? Thanks again!
UncleChickenMan 3 years ago
Great film thanks a lot for uploading mike leighs films show what england was really like in the 80s.
tonymontana1974 3 years ago
Total masterpiece. Profound story of a brother's love. Phil Daniels' Mark is one of Leigh's most compelling moral creations, and clearly the template for Leigh's greatest character, Thewlis's Johnny in 'Naked'. But unlike in that film, here Leigh allows his protagonist an ultimate triumph. Despite moments of apparent cruelty, Mark is finally revealed to be doing no less than saving the soul of his retarded brother, Colin. And he succeeds. Favourite line: 'OUR pen!' Daniels... awesome power.
apologiaprosuavita 3 years ago 2
They should have turned this into a series. It would have worked. There are plenty of great believable characters. It's a masterpeice. A very realistic portrayal of working class London in the early eighties.
crackerass01 3 years ago
great movie
docboots69 4 years ago
Tim Roth looks like him of bottom with a shaved head.
ThatRagingBull 4 years ago
It was a strange movie indeed... but it was realy great.
Wish someone could upload "Made in Britain", "The Hit" (or any other, i dont mind!)
I like to see Tim Roth's early stuff.
LuanaGM 4 years ago 2
I will probably upload made in britain
TashaDK 4 years ago 3
Love the out of tune honky-tonk piano on the soundtrack, quite unusual, and sums up the down and out feel of the movie.
salexlindsay 4 years ago
yeah! leigh always gets very good soundtracks made for his films.
decayedove 4 years ago
Amazing... summed up alot of 80's Britain for me... i remember it well... you can see the birth of chavs and how Colin shaves his head for Hayley...odd film, but lovely to...cheers for uploading
b6gm6n 4 years ago
Phil Daniels should have become an inernational star as well as Oldman, Roth and Molina. Brilliant!
vunderground1 4 years ago 7
That movie was adorable/beautifully done/wonderful!
I loved it!
MoonBarrett 4 years ago
Great work by young Tim Roth in this movie. Gary Oldman is amazing , too!
shaxan 4 years ago 3