Dan8700

6Dec09

The most rhetorical Loach. "This film, and its many subsequent imitators, propagated the dishonest view that individuals who get into difficulties in life are largely blameless, and the government is the one to blame and the one to solve the problems. It, directly or indirectly, helped foster the view that individuals carry little responsibility for their own actions. It is, in essence, a "bad" film, one that no doubt done with good intention, but whose effect has been deleterious and damaging to society"