Graham Stephen, very strong performance. It's a whole new look compared to the little sidekick in Snatch.
The promotion of the film has called it the best British film since Trainspotting. But it doesn't feel like it's on a par with trainspotting.
As the film progresses, the shadows of other films will be felt one after another.
For example, not long after the beginning, a group of children went out to "hunt" in the wild, which is almost a replica of a Clockwork Orange. Even the clothes are imitated. Of course, this can be considered popular among British teenagers at the time, after all, a Clockwork Orange is Kubrick's work in the 1970s.
After Shaun got acquainted with a group of older kids, at a party, the kids started talking about drugs. This is immediately reminiscent of Trainspotting.
Then Graham Stephen broke into their lives. In the small attic, he made racist speeches to the children. Shaved racist. . . . After American History X?,
the skinhead showed love to the woman he loved and was rejected, and wanted to kill in grief. . . Is it Guling Street?
After so many tossing and turning, by the end of the film, I can't help but feel a sense of incomprehension, what exactly is he trying to say?
Then, if you think about it again, it may be understood that the film tells a story of someone's childhood life.
Interestingly, the bald head said This is England in English with a strong Scottish accent. . . . I'm wondering if an orthodox English racist should at least be able to speak an Oxford accent?
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