Superhero films allow us to escape from reality. The problem as I see it though is that a temporary escape from reality should not then be a permanent denial of it and its causes. By recognising the genesis, however uncomfortable, we should then unite to defeat those who are the creators. The villains of the film.
Ken Loach is spot on. Once the profit motive becomes the raison d’etre the art in the film dies. It no longer reflects what it is to be human living through multiple and multifarious experiences but becomes a vehicle to make a lot of money for a very small number of people.
Film and TV director Ken Loach has slammed superhero films as "boring", saying they are made as "commodities" to generate profits for big corporations.
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Ken’s new film depicts the daily horror (yes horror) of being trapped by egregious circumstances either out of our control or that facilitate the ‘poor’ decisions that we make. It is no surprise that many seek to hide away in the imaginary characters determined elsewhere. However it is the imaginations of the affluent imposed upon the imaginations of the less well off and poor that is the concern. Batman is hardly poor.
One of the reasons so may have taken to ‘Joker’ is that its depictions are much more real. One of the few examples of cinema where the anti hero’s story is told and understanding can prevail.
Back to Reality
‘Some people call it slavery. I think it is simply extreme exploitation driven by what we now call the ‘gig economy’.’
"Some people call it slavery, I think it's simply extreme exploitation"
Film director Ken Loach talks about his new film "Sorry We Missed You", where he tackles the human impact of the 'gig economy'
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The cinema of Ken Loach is disturbing and as one person on twitter inaccurately described it ‘boring’ because it is the depiction of us in all our guises. From the ugly to the funny.
Ken Loach is boring and despite what his poverty porn suggests is nothing to do with the working class ??♀️ https://t.co/XXDph3Q2Rl
— KayIeigh Quinn (@kayleighmqu) October 22, 2019
Whereas Hollywood prefers us not to dwell on what our lives are actually like, Ken Loach prefers us to engage and indulge the idea that only through looking the real in the eye can we begin to defeat it.
‘Sorry I Missed You’ is on a timeline of films by Ken that stretches back over 50 years. It seeks to illuminate the objective existence. We should celebrate it for emancipating our minds in preference to the alternative from Tinseltown in which our consciousnesses are exploited for other people’s lifestyles.
Jason Cridland
