I, Daniel Blake Comments

  • Martina 2023-08-15 05:11:50

    The laying out of people's sense of powerlessness is unconvincing, but the mutual attraction and support between the weak and the frustrated is empathetic. It's also the only film that makes me feel that funerals have a ceremonial necessity. Video textbooks will tell you that the end of the story requires a conflict or a trial. Here, a funeral is a more reasonable solution. It naturally incorporates both conflict and trial (both are clichés) and dissolves...

  • Anibal 2023-08-11 14:02:41

    About survival, but also about dignity. Compared with the nonsense and mysteries of the middle class in [Tony Erdman], the film's ruthless criticism of the bureaucracy and the humanistic care for the people at the bottom of the society who are struggling to survive are undoubtedly more worthy of the Palme d'Or. The dilemma of Romania's more "oriental" style contrasts with the graduation examination. Blake's tenacity, Ken Lodge's...

  • Abel 2023-08-11 01:01:15

    Kenlodge doesn't know enough about your national conditions. How can this kind of original shoes be Guangzhou? Hu Jian, Putian people are about to...

  • Lottie 2023-07-30 00:56:50

    Policies and benefits are being implemented, regulations and procedures are being improved, relevant units are operating, and the society is full of caring feelings, but it makes people feel like the tiles of a security house that are powerless to fall, like canned food in an almshouse that is extremely hungry and choked, like a food and clothing that has to go back Sell ​​your body like a coconut that kills more than sharks - Cannes judges: God bless the British people who leave the...

  • Johann 2023-07-10 05:09:39

    It truly reflects the reality of European society. At the end, some people will feel that they are deliberately uncreative. Those who are too bitter are the best to fall into the arms of Marvel DC as soon as possible. Those who have lived and worked in Europe must have a deeper feeling for this film. It is a very good sketch, but the Palme d'Or is indeed a bit...

  • Leif 2023-06-25 04:42:27

    No one left when the subtitles were on. Everyone sniffled and calmed down. The role is that of the silent majority that brought Brexit-elect Trump to power. The director's orientation is welfare society. But not contradictory. With a sense of mission, the film shows a class to the best of its ability, creating a group of rather than just one lovely representative and listening to their voices. The places that are easy to be shot and smashed are glued together with the interaction of characters....

  • Amber 2023-06-19 14:21:58

    Alas, does this experience seem...

  • Friedrich 2023-06-15 03:34:36

    I felt the restraint and anger of an old director. The story is small, but the power of this quietness is worthy of...

  • Wilfred 2023-06-11 21:34:26

    The self-esteem dragged down by social assistance, the depraved people abandoned by the changes of the times, the human touch humiliated by the procedural rules, the ordinary people ignored by class capital, the passive voice continues...and the active voice of the film title "I am Blake" The sonorous and powerful is the opposite, and full of...

  • Asa 2023-05-30 16:49:44

    I don't think the movie is so good, and even the director is tired, but I still can't give a low score to such a movie. The protagonist in the movie actually exists in any country, and there are no fewer such people in any country than in the UK. The opposite is more and more. . . PS An old man once said that those foreigners still take to the streets if they know how people in certain countries live, they should be content. ....

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I, Daniel Blake quotes

  • China: Dan, they'll f@ck you around, I'm warning you. Make it as miserable as possible. No accident. That's the plan. I know dozens who have just given up.

    Daniel: Well, they've picked the wrong one if they think I'm gonna give up. I'm like a dog with a bone, me, son.

  • [first lines]

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Good morning, Mr Blake. My name's Amanda. I've got a couple of questions here for you today to establish your eligibility for Employment Support Allowance. It won't take up much of your time. Could I just ask firstly, can you walk more than 50 metres unassisted by any other person?

    Daniel: Yes.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Okay... Can you raise either arm as if to put something in your top pocket?

    Daniel: I've filled this in already on your 52-page form.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Yeah, I can see that you have but, unfortunately, I couldn't make out what you had said there.

    Daniel: Yes.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Can you raise either arm to the top of your head as if you are putting on a hat?

    Daniel: I've telt you, there's nowt wrong with me arms and legs.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Could you just answer the question, please.

    Daniel: Well, you've got me medical records... Can we just talk about me heart?

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: D'you think you could just answer these questions?

    Daniel: Okay.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: So was that a yes, that you can put a hat on your head?

    Daniel: Yes.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Okay, that's great... Can you press a button such as a telephone keypad?

    Daniel: There's nowt wrong with me fingers either... I mean, we're getting farther and farther away from me heart.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: If we could just keep to these questions, thank you... Do you have any significant difficulty conveying a simple message to strangers?

    Daniel: Yes. Yes, it's me fucking heart. I'm trying to tell you but you'll not listen.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Mr Blake, if you continue to speak to us like that that's not gonna be very helpful for your assessment... If you could just answer the question, please.

    Daniel: Yes.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Okay... Do you ever experience any loss of control leading to extensive evacuation of the bowel?

    Daniel: No. But I cannot guarantee there won't be a first if we didn't get to the point.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Can you complete a simple task of setting an alarm clock?

    Daniel: Oh, Jesus. Yes... Can I ask you a question? Are you medically qualified?

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: I'm a health care professional appointed by the Department of Work and Pensions to carry out assessments for Employment and Support Allowance.

    Daniel: But there was a bloke out in the, er, in the waiting room, he says that you work for an American company.

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: Our company's been appointed by the Government.

    Daniel: Are you a nurse? Are you a doctor?

    Amanda the Health Care Professional: I'm a health care professional.

    Daniel: Listen, I've had a major heart attack. I nearly fell off the scaffolding. I wanna get back to work, too... Now, please, can we talk about me heart? Forget about me arse, that works a dream.