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	Kes (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kes (1969) is a British film by director Ken Loach.
		The novel on which the film is based, A Kestrel for a Knave was written by Barry Hines in the 60s.
		Both the film and the book are slow-moving and provide an authentic portrait of life in the mining areas of Yorkshire around the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kes_(film) (242 words)

	Films of Ken Loach and Tony Garnett by Richard Fudge
		KES is primarily an indictment of British educational provision to develop in the working class community the ability to respond beyond the habitual and essentially narrow confines of industrial and material drudgery.
		The film sets out to evince unequivocally that Janice’s symptoms bear a very discernable connection with her environment, and that the traditional diagnosis and treatment of such symptoms is illogical, myopic, and barbaric.
		The film’s ending is pessimistic to the extreme—a virtual emotional holocaust—and this pessimism might possibly detract from the task of analysis which the film appears to set for itself and its audience.
	www.ejumpcut.org /archive/onlinessays/JC10-11folder/LoachFudge.html (4456 words)

	Representation of Youth: Kes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Kes is one amongst many films that deals with the difficulty of growing-up both physically and psychologically.
		Kes is also critical of an educational system that tends to uniformity and restriction.
		Describe three of the locations in the film, e.g., home, the classroom, the field where Billy trains the kestrel, and describe how the film maker has used them to emphasise, or add to, what is happening to Billy at a particular moment.
	www.filmeducation.org /secondary/Representation/main_3.html (619 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Features \| Ken Loach: Kes
		Kes is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable films about education, or the lack of it, ever made.
		The film's incidentals are as good as its main thrust, which is never sentimentalised and maintains the right to be angry as well as touching and funny.
		Kes is the kestrel found and trained by a young Barnsley boy from a broken home.
	film.guardian.co.uk /Century_Of_Films/Story/0,4135,335080,00.html (613 words)

	KES
		In the summer of 1968 a classic British film was made in the Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley.
		Adapted for the screen by Hines, Loach and producer Tony Garnett, and photographed by Chris Menges, Kes was recently voted number seven in the
		I think too many films made at that time were too didactic and wore their politics on their sleeve.
	www.geocities.com /freycinette/Kes.html (442 words)

	Kes [1969] DVD at Shop Ireland
		It's gritty and earthy, ultimately a very sad film, for sure, and there are some shocking moments, but its social drama is heightened because it is juxta-posed against some of the funniest scenes ever made in British cinema.
		The film centres around Billy Casper, a young boy who struggles at school and at home, where he is brought up in a tough working class environment.
		The film follows the book extremely closely, which is no bad thing considering just how good the book is. I could imagine some of the dialog being hard work for people who are not familiar with South Yorksire dialects, but that should not put you off.
	www.shopireland.ie /dvd/reviews/B00007DWR1 (783 words)

	Kes - Ken Loach 1969
		Kes is a beautiful, moving and compassionate film, realistic and often funny.
		Kes is gritty, sad, funny, and very moving, a film that avoids maudlin sentimentality to tell a simple story with an authenticity you will not easily forget.
		Kes is a film i was aware about all the way back to when i was at school (it was made the year after i was born)but i never got around to seeing it until now and boy am i pleased i did.
	www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/6 (2138 words)

	Untitled Document
		In that sense, the film becomes a "melodrama of protest", one in which the story of decline assumes precedence as the characters become "ciphers in a diagrammatic story".
		Stamped with political commitment and artistic integrity, his films have taken many forms and have dealt with a wide range of issues: indeed, Loach has produced a body of high quality and ambitious work that has gained praise and recognition from film professionals, critics, and the public.
		There are fewer disruptions in Kes than in previous films: indeed, Loach establishes a connection between his film and the classical narrative film by using mainly one point of view (this also allows the director to assert the realism of the film).
	www.wallflowerpress.co.uk /publications/directors/ken_loach.html (3059 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Reviews \| Kes
		Re-released after 30 years, Ken Loach's Kes - produced by Tony Garnett, photographed by Chris Menges - is a viscerally powerful, raw, almost primitivist work, with a much rougher technical feel than the contemporary social-realist television work which made its creator's name.
		I must confess to being agnostic about Kes, on account of a strain of pious defeatism and miserabilism that appears to colour its ending.
		But this is a film of passionate conviction, with cracking performances from Colin Welland, Brian Glover and Lynne Perrie.
	film.guardian.co.uk /News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,87692,00.html (148 words)

	Kes - Music from the Movies
		As a mere nineteen minutes of music composed for a small orchestra, Kes might seem insignificant next to the kind of seventy-minute pounding action music of the modern science fiction epic, yet nothing could be farther from the truth.
		The score is filled with plaintive solo sounds of clarinets, flutes and harp - sounds that evoke the dewy mornings of the industrial north and the solitude of the free spirited boy who enjoys the freedom of its green hills.
		Perhaps it is because his were less commercial assignments occurring at a time when all British film composition took place amidst the shadow of John Barry's commercially stellar career.
	www.musicfromthemovies.com /review.asp?ID=1504 (340 words)

	RACE - Reviews
		The first film I saw which broke through this crust of neglect was Ken Loach’s Kes, a work which told me that my everyday world could be the stuff of drama.
		Retribution for Billy’s moment of control is brutal and swift; Kes is killed by his half-brother, furious that Billy had lost him money by forgetting to place a bet at the bookmakers.
		Like much of Loach’s work, Kes presents an overwhelmingly bleak picture of working-class life and if I have a reservation it is that his approach could so easily reinforce the stereotype of the dour, humourless northerner.
	www.newint.org /issue260/reviews.htm (1829 words)

	Kes (1969) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Kes is a kestrel that Billy rears and trains.
		This film embodies what it means to be working class in all the best traditional ways.
		You work, you do not have ambition, you are surrounded by people who have accepted their lot in life, you cannot hope for better, you won't be allowed to hope for better.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0064541 (549 words)

	Grandena on Leigh
		There are fewer disruptions in _Kes_ than in previous films: indeed, Loach establishes a connection between his film and the classical narrative film by using mainly one point of view (this also allows the director to assert the realism of the film).
		The film alternates between comedy and melodrama: the changes of mood are enhanced by the music of Stewart Copeland, who had collaborated twice with Loach before (the author does not inform us which other films Copeland has worked on).
		Although the analysis of the film is irreproachable, one may wonder why, in this introductory chapter, the author has not concentrated on a more thorough theoretical presentation of the central themes of his book.
	www.film-philosophy.com /vol8-2004/n3grandena (1882 words)

	bfi \| Features\| The bfi 100: 1-10
		The film is full of scenes and performances to treasure, though perhaps the best remembered is the arrival at the isolated well of Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) and the long shot of his ride across the shimmering sand.
		Much-loved and well remembered, the film is regarded as a classic of its time, with Loach commenting poignantly on the lack of opportunities for the working classes.
		This story is, of course, the basis for the film's larger backstage plot concerning the relationship between a megalomaniac impresario (Walbrook) and his young ballerina (Shearer).
	www.bfi.org.uk /features/bfi100/1-10.html (1308 words)

	kes
		Kes is an incredible, moving and compassionate film, so realistic that it is often funny.
		Describing the film as "beautifully composed", he admits that prior to filming in the summer of 1968, his acting experience was limited to school pantomimes.
		Replying to his Kes co-star Colin Welland's comments in a Sunday newspaper several years ago that Bradley had ruined his career as "he'd become all posh", the actor says his accent faded due to a regime of speech lessons to strengthen his voice, and classical roles.
	www.kes.150m.com (4246 words)

	Timeline of Influential Milestones and Turning Points in Film History
		Herein is a detailed timeline of the key film milestones, important turning points, and significant historical dates or events (organized by decade) that have had a significant influence on the world body of cinema and shaped its development.
		Twenty-five percent of the film was financed by a tax shelter syndicate which received about 10 percent of the profits in return -- this avenue of film financing has since been closed by order of federal regulation.
		Known for directing Rosemary's Baby (1968) (his debut Hollywood film) and the highly-acclaimed Chinatown (1974) which revitalized the film noir genre, and for being the widower of the brutally-murdered Manson victim Sharon Tate in 1969, Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful intercourse with the minor but fled to France in 1978 before his sentencing.
	www.filmsite.org /milestones1970s.html (3356 words)

	Filmfestivals . com - Cannes 2001
		Jessica Haussner's Lovely Rita premiered her film in the Certain Regard section at Cannes 2001 marking the first time a director already merited in the Cinéfondation section had returned with a debut feature eligible for Caméra d'Or honours.
		As the godfather of the Critics' Week, Loach's second film Kes - considered a classic in Britain - is being screened in his honor.
		He was seduced by the film for its authentic script and profond statement about the absurdity of war.
	filmfestivals.com /cgi-bin/cannes/listvideo.pl?site=us&type=interviews (662 words)

	Krzysztof Kieslowski
		The film school was founded in 1948 for Stalinist propaganda, but it had developed a reputation for its liberal curriculum, which included rare screenings of international cinema and courses in film theory, as well as the production of fiction and documentary films.
		Throughout the film, it is implied that he affects the living world in small ways, but the family dog alone seems to be aware of his presence.
		Filmed in less than a year—an astonishingly short amount of time given its uniformly excellent quality of dramaturgy—Kieslowski clearly enjoyed a flexible approach to the project, shooting the series out-of-sequence according to the needs of the production and its recurring personnel, while taking into account evolving decisions in the editing room.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/03/kieslowski.html (4289 words)

	AYUP! A Kestrel for a Knave - DAVID BRADLEY
		Even though the money for the movie was coming direct from United Artists in Hollywood, the setting was a world away from the kind of films they normally produced, and later these same Hollywood backers would despair at the thick Yorkshire accents and the gritty realism of the story about the boy and his hawk.
		Kes the movie wasn't an immediate success and it took time to get it released.
		In America it was overdubbed to help audiences comprehend the film, but apart from a showing at the New York Film Festival it had no impact at all.
	ayup.co.uk /gods/gods0-2.html (890 words)

	Kes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		a film directed by Ken Loach (see Kes (film)), based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave, by Barry Hines.
		a fictional character in Star Trek: Voyager: see Kes (Star Trek).
		an abbreviation often used for the many King Edward's Schools around the country - ie KES Birmingham, KES Bath etc: see King Edward's school
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kes (149 words)

	The Testimony of Taliesin Jones
		The comedian described the film as a "sensitive and wonderful production" that tells the story of a young boy who begins to question what faith and the world around him mean.
		MacLeod carries this film well on his slight shoulders, bolstered by the beauty of the English countryside and reinforced by seasoned pros Pryce and Bannen.
		Far from spewing the fire and brimstone propaganda of the newly indoctrinated, this calmly affirming film explores one of life's universal mysteries with the reasonable air left behind after the first blush of infatuation has passed.
	www.angelfire.com /celeb/matthewrhys/filmography/taliesinjones.html (1391 words)

	dark discussion - What Movie Got You Hooked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		It was not the first R rated film I'd ever seen, as my father was pretty laid back about that sort of thing.
		The first film I watched on something resembling a continuous loop was Total Recall (uncut version, not the butchered one released in cinemas here).
		Strangely enough the film that most triggered my interest was Profondo Rosso, as it showed me just what a director could do with the camera.
	www.darkdreams.org /vbulletin/printthread.php?t=5426&pp=40 (683 words)

	YORKSHIRE - AYUP! ONLINE MAGAZINE -
		This film has become recognised as one of the greatest British films ever, even though it had to be dubbed for the American market.
		He sent one in which stated, "I'm a film maker and my aim is to expose the sham of social democracy as best exemplified by the Blair project." It was duly returned with the comment, ""We can't include you in the project." He does not suffer fools lightly.
		His American experiences whilst making the latter film left him with the need to cleanse himself forever of their grasp: "Hollywood has to be the most difficult place in the world to make films." He turned his back on the Hollywood dollar.
	ayup.co.uk /gods/gods.html (1235 words)

	Ken Loach - Biography
		Their first film was Kes, which many acknowledge as a pivotal film in the late 60's period of British cinema.
		A further set-back occurred when a Loach-directed film made for London Weekend Television (LWT) to explain the work of the Save The Children Fund was refused by the charity, with LWT distancing themselves from their financing of the film.
		The latter film, based on a true story, was criticised by Carol Sarler in the Sunday Times for, as she alleged, that Loach had 'distorted the facts of the case'
	www.1worldfilms.com /kenloach.htm (1456 words)

	BBC - South Yorkshire - Features -
		This Barnsley/ Sheffield United fan wrote a number of novels and screenplays before and after ‘Kes’ and he is in the process of writing ‘Springwood Stars’, a novel about a football team in the 20s.
		Barry Hines based his characters in ‘Kes’ on stereotypical characters around him at the time and admits that he sympathises more with the character of Mrs Casper, the struggling mother trying to raise two boys and hold down a full-time job, now that he is an older man.
		Despite the main issues still being relevant today, he feels the original film is such a classic that it would be impossible to even attempt to re-create it.
	www.bbc.co.uk /southyorkshire/features/kes/hines.shtml (689 words)

	In the classic 60s film KES, Billy, a disaffected young lad living on a soulless Barnsley estate, uncovers a fledgling ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		In the classic 60s film KES, Billy, a disaffected young lad living on a soulless Barnsley estate, uncovers a fledgling kestrel and for the first time in his life, feels his imagination stirred.
		The official title of the book, which is often the only book some adults can remember, reading, and enjoying, during their school days in the 70s was ‘A Kestrel for a Knave’.
		Asked as to whether what was produced on film reflected what he’d written Hines reply was swift stating “yes, it did reflect what I wrote, it wasn’t a difficult book, and it wasn’t complex.” The film only had a small cast; it was shot in many of the streets Hines knew well.
	www.red-star-research.org.uk /rpm/barryhines.html (1070 words)

	Kes
		Ranked seventh in the BFI 100's recent selection of the favourite British films of the 20th century, Kes remains Ken Loach's masterpiece (1).
		Committed socialists, the pair collaborated on a series of stylistically ambitious films that addressed Britain's social problems, including homelessness, teenage delinquency, union politics and abortion (3).
		Kes details the life of Billy Casper (David Bradley), a lonely teen facing a bleak future in a Yorkshire mining town.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/cteq/03/28/kes.html (1408 words)

	channel4.com/film - Kes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		At the centre of Loach's film is a remarkable, utterly unaffected performance from Bradley, who was at the time of filming himself a Barnsley schoolboy with no acting experience.
		Loach's cinematic style is already fully formed here, with the film's naturalistic, semi-improvisatory feel, a profoundly humanist attitude, and a pervading sense of doom leavened by flashes of wit, principally the wonderful football sequence in which PE teacher Glover fulfils his Bobby Charlton fantasy.
		A deeply affecting film that is gripping all the way from drab start to shattering climax.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=104936 (255 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Kes (John Cameron) [Soundtrack]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		For those who remember the 1969 film about grim school days in a South Yorkshire mining community, Cameron's music to Kes may still come as a surprise.
		Rather than the brass-band dirges habitually associated with northern working-class drama, this is willowy, audacious stuff--music of escape that seeks to map the trajectories of the film's true star, a kestrel.
		Kes is for any serious music discoverer, regardless of style.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000067UDA (547 words)

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