I' Daniel Blake DVD Review
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Good Morning Lovelies,
Ken Loach has always been a director who brings realism to
life on screen. Sometimes his world can seem a bit too bleak or dark, but
ultimately his worlds and what he is representing is the one that we are all
familiar with. His latest film, I, Daniel Blake, which is out on DVD and
Blu-Ray today, definitely matches to something that happened to my family.
Focusing on Dan, a man who after suffering a heart attack
seeks to find work but is advised not to, must go on benefits and a single
mother called Katie, the film shows the hardships the pair face when trying to
live.
Not one to hold back, Loach shows audiences that there is
something very wrong with our benefits system and the way in which some of those
on it are treated. Dan is a person who wants to work, so when we see him
struggling because of the effects not working does to him.
From filling out a mad number of forms to falling in
different categories, Dan is struggling to find where he stands with the state
members around him. As is the character of Katie, who has to move her children
to be able to get a flat.
Loach has used his return to show his anger. There is comedy
in this film, but it isn’t the kind that will leave you feeling all warm inside.
It is used to try and break up some of the despair that the characters on
screen are facing. Something that seems to reflect what must have been going on
in Loach’s mind so much so that he came out of retirement to make the film.
The way he shows how the world is always moving but the
people in it are not, highlights a powerful message that this country and the
world in fact needs to start thinking about the people in it and how they can
be helped. It is a film based on the many protests that we are all facing at
the moment.
As I stated before the film touches a personal matter for my
as my dad was told it would be best to go on a state pension instead of
returning to work, even though he wanted to work and was desperate to do so. I
know that I am not the only one who will have a story like this to share and
this is what this film has ultimately succeeded in doing.
It is showing the world the people that have been let down
and the people that we need to help to make sure that films like this don’t
have to be made anymore. It is just something we can use to highlight change
and the need for it.
Loach is a talent that the film world should be thankful for
and I, Daniel Blake is going to be one of his most, if not his most, memorable
film ever. It deserves ever piece of the Cannes Film Festival award it picked
up.
There so I am giving it...
5 Stars
Blog Soon,
Joey X
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