xMuscleMilkx
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Typically British Film?
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Southern Plunger
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Try watching 'Brief Encounter', if that isn't a typical British film, ie one that reflects the quintessential aspects of our culture [as it used to be] then I don't know what is.
stripedspider
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This has always been a bit of an annoyance to me. The idea of a typically British film. What immiediately springs to mind are some of those mentioned here like Brief Encounter or the Ealing comedies. But what about films like The Long Good Friday, Performance or Trainspotting, more recently Dog Soldiers and so on.
Brief Encounter is one that would be classed as "quintessentially British" due to the stiff upper lip characters, and the chaste storyline, but i feel this is due more to foreigners' view of Britishness rather than how the average Briton views themselves.
Also, a typical British film seems to contain upper/middle class characters because these are the people who tend to make them
Brief Encounter is one that would be classed as "quintessentially British" due to the stiff upper lip characters, and the chaste storyline, but i feel this is due more to foreigners' view of Britishness rather than how the average Briton views themselves.
Also, a typical British film seems to contain upper/middle class characters because these are the people who tend to make them
Miss Coffee
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When I think of a typical British film, the opposite springs to mind. Stuff like Kes, Trainspotting, Brassed Off. Films with "real" people, gritty storylines, a dollop of social commentary thrown in for good measure.
le general
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Indeed, I always think of those black and white Ealing productions of the 40's and 50's as being typically British. There are plenty of them to choose from.
The cut glass accents, the "I say old chap" attitudes, the sense of honesty, decency and fair play. That sort of thing makes a film typically British. You don't get it nowadays, mores the pity.
The cut glass accents, the "I say old chap" attitudes, the sense of honesty, decency and fair play. That sort of thing makes a film typically British. You don't get it nowadays, mores the pity.