Lukas Agelastos film blog

Ken Loach and Social Realism films  by Lukas Agelastos      My conviction is that every person should be born into equal opportunities. Social Realism films exhibit a socially conscious perspective while at the same time remaining accessible to mainstream audiences.   I first watched Ken Loach films because of my love for Scotland. I am very fond of what I perceive to be the positive traits of their mentality: the humbleness, the humour, the hospitality, the genuine friendliness and the way people are not brought up to be the centre of the universe.      I was astonished by how realistically life in Glasgow and surrounding areas was depicted in Ae Fond Kiss (2004), My Name is Joe (1998), Sweet Sixteen (2002) and more recently, The Angels’ Share (2012). The images of poverty, the realness of the humour, the language, and the way the films are shot are “real”.

One of my all-time favourites  by Lukas Agelastos "For a long time, I thought I would love to be able to find a string to put on a lot of the childhood experiences that I remember"  (Stephen King talking about his novella that became Stand By Me in Walking the Tracks, 2000). Rob Reiner's classic adaptation of Stephen King's 1982 novella "The Body" is 30 years old this year. I was only ten when I first saw it in the cinema in 1987. It is the story about four boys on an expedition to locate the body of a missing child and to many film fans "the most iconic coming-of-age story ever put to film" (Mentel 2016). Like for many of my peers at the time, the impression it created on me was so lasting that it is still one of my favourite stories. I won't argue that it's one of the best films ever made, but it's certainly one of the most engrossing and enjoyable ones.