this is england '86 (Merged)

The younger brother is the Shane Meadows character; if you look most of his films are about a young lad who hangs around with older lads and it all goes wrong and ends in violence.
 
Not long to go and they seem to be bigging this up alot. I seem to have seen the trailers tons of times.

Looking forward to it. Liked the film, big Shane Meadows fan, and will almost watch anything set in the 80's.

Also the snippets shown look as if it's going to be totally different to how I imagine.
 
Yeah, it's still helmed by Shane Meadows - it was something he wanted to do. As the film was semi-autobiographical, he still had a wealth of material about all those characters. He said that he wanted to do the series as more of an ensemble piece, to explore all of the members of the gang.

Shane Meadows wrote and directed two of the episodes. But the other two are directed by Tom Harper (Misfits/Scouting Book for Boys) and written by Jack Thorne (Skins/Scouting Book for Boys).

There's a site with video interviews and stuff here: http://www.channel4.com/explore/this-is-england-86/#
 
I saw the first episode and thought it was hilarious - rather like the tone at the start of the film. There were clips of what is to come though and trust me, it looks like it is going to get dark!

I also got a hug from Joe Gilgun who plays Woody - he is a lovely guy! :)
 
ah fair enough, I would agree this tends to happen quite a bit with films that try and show a representation of a certain lifestyle or time/place as I have seen the same thing in films before, like human traffic for example.
 
Just watched This Is England in preparation for this is england '86.

Spoiler from the film:


that last scene with milky & combo always makes me feel so uncomfortable. it's horrible.
 
I didn't recognise the '80s from the film. The vibe and fashions seemed wonky. But I suppose Shane was very young at the time. Also, I remember '86 as the year House Music emerged into the UK charts with Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body" - but the blurb witters on about Chris De Burgh. Another '80s knocking piece! I hated the politics, but the decade was a lot livelier and "move on" than it's often portrayed.

And I remember the Mods and Rockers revival as being something of the late 1970s and early 1980s - not 1986!

I suppose the Chattering Classes will love it!
 
In interviews, Shane talked about how house music was the new thing. He also discussed how it was a certain subset of skinheads who went on to become "scooterboys". Some of them adopting a more punk or mod (Paul Wellerish) look.
 
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