Ken Loach on The Old Oak and Retiring After 60 Years of Protest Movies
The legendary director discusses his final film, six decades of fighting the ruling class, and if things are getting better or worse.
Film can be a powerful political tool, whatever the intentions may be. At its best, cinema is an empathy machine that allows us to understand and relate to other people and broaden our perception of humanity. It can instill important principles and create a sense of history for people, using aesthetics to make ideology more manageable. For six decades, Ken Loach and his team have disseminated important films into the body politic, creating realist character studies that have the impact of a perfect pamphlet and the beauty of fine art. The Old Oak may be his final one.
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