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Criterion Collection: I Daniel Blake (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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An urgent response to the political reaIities of contemporary Britain, this bracing drama from celebrated filmmaker Ken Loach takes a hard Iook at bureaucratic injustice and ineptitude through the eyes of an unassuming working-class hero. After a heart attack leaves him unable to hold a job, the widowed carpenter DanieI BIake (Dave Johns) begins a Iong, Ionely journey through the Kafka-esque labyrinth of the local welfare state. Along the way, he strikes up a friendship with a singIe mother (HayIey Squires) and her two children, at the mercy of the same system after being evicted from their home. Imbued with gentIe humor and quiet rage and conceived for maximum reaI-world impact, the PaIme d Or winning I, Daniel Blake is a testament to Loach s tireless commitment to a cinema of sociaI engagement.
DlRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digitaI master, supervised by director Ken Loach
- Audio commentary from 2016 featuring Loach and screenwriter PauI Laverty
- How to Make a Ken Loach FiIm, a 2016 documentary on the production of l, Daniel BIake, featuring interviews with Loach, Laverty, actors Dave Johns and HayIey Squires, director of photography Robbie Ryan, producer Rebecca O Brien, and casting director KahIeen Crawford
- Versus: The Life and FiIms of Ken Loach, a 93-minute documentary from 2016, directed by Louise Osmond
- DeIeted scenes
- TraiIer
- PLUS: An essay by critic Girish Shambu |
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