I, Daniel Blake Comments

  • Helga 2022-09-08 02:39:44

    The ten best choices of the year, using a humorous way to criticize the social system, this is not too powerful. As the age grows, powerful directors have a compassionate heart, which is a bit like director Aki Kaulismaki. Film. Seeing blood sharply, powerful enough, but not hostile and violent, we seem to be able to see things around us in the heavens from stories like this, and what we present is completely another attitude and...

  • Filomena 2022-05-26 22:47:48

    It doesn't matter whether you can afford Palme d'Or, it is a social portrait of the British pill anyway. You can say that it has no skill, but you can't say that it didn't happen. PS has a comment that really makes people feel angry: the old man of a capitalist country has been photographing the people of the lower class for 50 years; reporters in several socialist countries have to retire after drinking a few sips of Left Bank coffee-why don't you guys Where is God?...

  • Koby 2022-05-26 21:16:15

    #nziff1 I know that it is not the most popular Palme d’Or, and I almost gave up because of the one star in the short comment. But fortunately, I walked into the cinema with a feeling of understanding the plight of the British people, and then left with tears touching my face. Maybe it’s because I haven’t watched too many of Rocky’s films, and I am not obsessed with asking him to surpass himself when he is almost 80 years old, but even if this is a film that repetitively repeats himself, what’s...

  • Ariel 2022-05-26 16:23:11

    Ken Roach’s movies are still in a state of standing still, familiar themes, familiar emotions, and familiar characters. The only thing that deserves encouragement, probably only this kind of familiarity, at least, he has been...

  • Oscar 2022-05-26 14:35:16

    The standard works of the kitchen trough left king Ken Loch, the completely angelic depiction of the bottom group, make it so embarrassing for people who have a personal experience of British blue-collar...

  • Jairo 2022-05-26 08:35:13

    "Cannibalistic social system." Perhaps most viewers will be like the lady in the employment office, seeing the protagonist who is unable to work because of physical discomfort but is tossed about by the unreasonable welfare system, and they have deep pity for him and hope that he will work hard to receive relief; and I I think Ken Roach is even saying that the story may be tearful, but it is even more irritating to us: cooperation is actually maintenance, we must unite to break and change...

Extended Reading

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.