The 12 minutes long scene with the debate about land collectivization is what sold Ken Loach and the movie to me. They became my favourite director, my fav movie and fav scene.
Wow. First you refuse to call darkest hour a good film, now, it's revealed that this is one of your favourite films? I always liked your reviews but you have just shot into my favourite people list.
I always thought it was originally release in 1992. I remember seeing posters of it in Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road underground stations in that year, maybe I had the years wrong.
This is one of my favourite war movies (despite me being a liberal conservative). What baffles me is that almost no one appears to see how heavily the scriptwriter borrowed from George Orwell's excellent book "Homage to Catalonia".
@@Zen-rw2fz As for the film, it's a passionate piece of filmmaking, and I respect that. Orwell is interesting; reading his essays, one find oneself agreeing with him, then disagreeing. He was an astute observer, and while his hopes for the future of socialism didn't come true, he predicted other changes and phenomena that we see the effects of today.
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The 12 minutes long scene with the debate about land collectivization is what sold Ken Loach and the movie to me. They became my favourite director, my fav movie and fav scene.
I got the movie on dvd recently. I'm obsessed with Spanish civil war and have read countless books on it and this movie on it was amazing
My favourite film too. It is indispensable for us Spaniards. Loach is a treasure.
A criminally underrated movie and an unfortunate insight into the same thing that always destroys the Left. No Pasaran!
my favorite movie ever its a masterwork loach is the king of working class realism rif raf raining stones the man knows his craft
Wow. First you refuse to call darkest hour a good film, now, it's revealed that this is one of your favourite films? I always liked your reviews but you have just shot into my favourite people list.
No pasaran!
I always thought it was originally release in 1992. I remember seeing posters of it in Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road underground stations in that year, maybe I had the years wrong.
Homage to catalonia
A George Orwell Book , a great movie , land and freedom , director Ken Loach, terra e libertà , tierra y liberta .
anybody know to which scene he's referring, the one where the cast didn't know what was going to happen?
I think he was referring the scene where Blanca is shot.
It’s when Coogan (the Irishman) dies. None of the cast were told he’d be killed off so their reactions were genuine.
And it's on RUclips
This is one of my favourite war movies (despite me being a liberal conservative). What baffles me is that almost no one appears to see how heavily the scriptwriter borrowed from George Orwell's excellent book "Homage to Catalonia".
How can you be into that stuff and not be a libertarian socialist?
@@Zen-rw2fz As for the film, it's a passionate piece of filmmaking, and I respect that. Orwell is interesting; reading his essays, one find oneself agreeing with him, then disagreeing. He was an astute observer, and while his hopes for the future of socialism didn't come true, he predicted other changes and phenomena that we see the effects of today.
Harry Potters grandad at 1:20, he would be so ashamed of Harry adopting the British fascists lightning icon
funny that because he's fighting alongside Quirrel (Ian Hart)
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Ken Loach is one of those directors I have always attempted to appreciate; but never once have I enjoyed sitting through one of his films.
Fascists must be laughing their heads off... :(
Communists🤔
Awful film.
I’ll bite: why’s it so awful?
No tits or car chases?
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