Who was the director? and when was the film released?
The director was Karol Reisz and the documentary was released in 1959.
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Where were the filming locations in the documentry?
Alford house Youth club Lambeth. London and Millfeild School. South london.
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What is the overall summary of the film?
Reisz follows a group of working class teenagers throguh their weekly routine involving work, school and their time at the Club.
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What is the interest of the directors?
They were interested in recording everday working people's lives.
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What is the context behind the film
The film is part of a series called "Free cinema." Each film sought to display a the lives of ordinary working class people in their daily routine. To show a more "true" representation of london's society.
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Why are the films thought as free?
They were thought as free as they were made outside the framework of the film industyrand that there statements and purpose was entirely personal.
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what was the production and technology like for "free cinema."
They were very low budget films with no stars it often filmed ordianry people. The camera crew were often unpaid, the equipment they used were often only 16mm cameras, which only filmed for 22seconds each take Often funded by the BFI..
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What does the film do?
It takes a symphatic approach to an aspect of the lives of rodinary teens disgarding the concept of violent teddy boy sterotype. The teens are given space to express their frustrations and their aspirations.
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continued?
Reisz allegedly wanted the sync sound shooting to tell a natural story, rather than the leaden commentry obscured the freshness of first hand. This was revolutionary as it documented the fears and aspirations of the youth working class rapidly emergi
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What did the docuementy achieve?
It achieved a symphetic and respectfull aproach towards it's subjects. It also captured the changing social values forever, by introducing the hip jaz music which contrasts with the old fifties. It takes a look into a neglected aspect by comerical ld
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what did Richard Hoggart say about "We're the Lambeth Boys."
It's almost a film essay rather than a documentry as it "sets out to show, not the whole truth but some ofaspects of the truth." Which makes the film successed in showing the strength and variety in the young people and the sense of comunity.
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However?
the voice over gives a patronizing and paternalist tone to the documentary. Creating a condensending and patronzing tone to the boys.
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Where were the filming locations in the documentry?
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Alford house Youth club Lambeth. London and Millfeild School. South london.
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