My Laundrette Identity Essay
'All cultures are involved in one another, none is single and pure, all are hybrid, heterogeneous, extraordinarily differentiated, and unmonolithic' (Said, 1993, p.xxiv)
To what extent does thois quote apply to identity as it is presented in My Beautiful Laundrette and/or This Is England?
The oscar winning film My Beautiful Laundrette was made in 1985 and directed by Stephen Frears. Hanif Kureishi was also nominated for best sreenplay, and it was heralded as one of Britain's most comercial and critically successful films during various 1986 film awards. The film is episodic as it was originally planned to be shown in episodes, it was made with television funding by Channel Four which explains why Oliver Stapleton the cinematograher sticks mainly to tight framing and close ups. It also intended to use elements of social realism as used by the British cinematic movement of earlier decades. The film can be used as a critique of Thatcherism, a time when ironically the political and cultural background of the era led to a revival in British cinema although there was little funding on offer to film …show more content…
The start of the film defamiliarises the viewer by inverting stereotypes as an Asian businessman Salim (Derrick Benche) flanked by black heavies to evict the poor white marginalised people living in his property and reflecting the social deprivation at the same time, he is portrayed as an interloper through use of cinematography as we are encouraged to relate with the evictees this is explained later in the film when Johnny goes with Nasser to evict some people stating that it looks bad Nasser replies 'I'm trying to be a professional businessman not a professional Pakistani', this scene can also have connatations of the racial conflict during the early
To what extent does thois quote apply to identity as it is presented in My Beautiful Laundrette and/or This Is England?
The oscar winning film My Beautiful Laundrette was made in 1985 and directed by Stephen Frears. Hanif Kureishi was also nominated for best sreenplay, and it was heralded as one of Britain's most comercial and critically successful films during various 1986 film awards. The film is episodic as it was originally planned to be shown in episodes, it was made with television funding by Channel Four which explains why Oliver Stapleton the cinematograher sticks mainly to tight framing and close ups. It also intended to use elements of social realism as used by the British cinematic movement of earlier decades. The film can be used as a critique of Thatcherism, a time when ironically the political and cultural background of the era led to a revival in British cinema although there was little funding on offer to film …show more content…
The start of the film defamiliarises the viewer by inverting stereotypes as an Asian businessman Salim (Derrick Benche) flanked by black heavies to evict the poor white marginalised people living in his property and reflecting the social deprivation at the same time, he is portrayed as an interloper through use of cinematography as we are encouraged to relate with the evictees this is explained later in the film when Johnny goes with Nasser to evict some people stating that it looks bad Nasser replies 'I'm trying to be a professional businessman not a professional Pakistani', this scene can also have connatations of the racial conflict during the early