Review of Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016) by Marcus W — 20 Nov 2016

Shot and sandwiched in-between I, Daniel Blake. His hatred of all things Tory is evident from the very start "bastards". Starts out during his early years as the son of right wing and Daily Mail loving father and at Oxford studying law.

From the years ahead of its time Cathy Come Home up until the film that dragged out of retirement I, Daniel Blake. His films have always been socially relevant and important. Controversy has always followed him around and his banned documentaries about the miner strikes saw him black listed and unemployable during the best part of the 1980's.

The play Predition about Zionist and Nazi collaboration during WWII in Hungary added further damage to his career leading him to experience further humiliation by making commercials for Nestle, Carmarc and regrettably McDonald's to survive.

His first film for 12 years Hidden Agenda courted further controversy with the right wing rags calling it the IRA entry into Cannes Film Festival. The rest is history and he has been prolific for the last quarter of a century.

With Brexit and further unemployment and social injustice hitting working class communities let's hope he doesn't hang up his directors chair just yet. What a remarkable human being.