#barry hines

[skyonscreen]

Threads, Mick Jackson, 1994

[mayonnaise8995]

Rewatched Kes today

[tyger-land]

𝙆𝙚𝙨 1969

[schlock-luster-video]

On January 13, 1985, Threads was screened commercial-free on Superstation TBS with a special introduction by Ted Turner.

Here's a new drawing of Karen Meagher to celebrate!

[hairtusk]

Threads (dir. Mick Jackson, 1984)

In an urban society, everything connects. Each person's needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in a fabric. But the connections that make society strong also make it vulnerable.

[boxcarwild]

Kes is a 1969 drama directed by Ken Loach (credited as Kenneth Loach), based on the 1968 novel A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines. It follows the story of Billy Casper, who comes from a dysfunctional family and is a no-hoper at school, but discovers his own private means of fulfillment when he adopts a fledgling kestrel and proceeds to train it in the art of falconry.

The film has been much praised, especially for the performance of the teenage David Bradley, who had never acted before, in the lead role, and for Loach's compassionate treatment of his working-class subject; it remains a biting indictment of the British education system of the time as well as of the limited career options then available to lower-class, unskilled workers in regional Britain. It was ranked seventh in the British Film Institute's Top Ten Films. This was Loach's second feature film for cinema release.

[nickthebookworm]

{23.10.21}

Today I had a little trip down to the village.

I wrote the plan to my essay over coffee in one cafe, then I wrote my first draft during breakfast in another cafe.

After all that, I felt I deserved some books, so I went to my favourite book shop before coming home!

I started Rupi Kaur when I got back, I'm surprised by how much I enjoy it... but also how triggering The book is! Not for the weak of heart, I'd say.

[movie--posters]