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Ken
Loach is known for making films that reflect social injustices, which is apparent
in films such as Bread and Roses (2000) and My Name is Joe
(1998). In Navigators Loach depicts the social issues in a
documentary style that brings the importance of the issues with swiftness
to the audience as it feels very real. In addition, there are no celebrities
performing the parts of the characters, which develops an authentic
atmosphere around the characters of the railroad workers.
One morning when a group of railway workers of various age and experience arrive to work they find that their government lead company British Railway has been sold off to the private sector. Unprepared these men find out the hard way that the days of "a job for life" are gone in the United Kingdom. The railroad workers and their superiors are neatly lead into the private sector by diligent businessmen where they are forced to face the cutthroat world of capitalism where their union rights are obsolete. In the end, Loach brings a sincere cinematic experience to the audience as he tells his story about British Rail as they abandoned their employees in 1995. This experience is heartfelt as the realism conveys personal struggle's that the railroad workers faced as they lost their jobs. Loach balances this delicately as he does not overexpose the characters problems and does not over emphasizes the injustices done to the railroad workers. Instead Loach merely lets the story take place and the audience is allowed to make its own judgment in regards to the social injustice. |
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| 8/3/2004 | |
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