Billy's tough working father is a typical northern bloke who likes beer boxing and a good plate of drippin' sandwiches. The whole film is one big stereotype really, but a very real and truthful stereotype. I have lived up north in the UK and it can indeed be a bit bleak with little job prospects for youngsters (no offence to the north). The whole plot could be the tale of many many northern born men within England at any point in time really. Naturally this disgusts his strong proud father and gets him into trouble for disobeying.
On the other hand Billy discovers his love for dancing in ballet and wants to follow that path. His dad obviously wants more for his boy with the possibility of boxing but he knows the pit beckons. Billy is destined to become a miner like his older brother and father and is pretty much forced to take part in boxing at school by his father. Set in north eastern England around 1984-85 during the miners strikes against a powerful Thatcher led Conservative regime.errr I mean government. The tale of a humble miners son whose aspirations to become a male ballet dancer are frowned upon by his blue collar father and similar blue collar brother. I think this film may have been one of the first to kick start that trend as it were, can't quite remember. One of many films that has become a great success and followed on with even greater success as a musical theatrical production.
GradeSaver, 4 August 2021 Web.The film that started it all.well for this particular franchise/story that is.
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Next Section Glossary Previous Section Cast List Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format GradeSaver "Director’s Influence on Billy Elliot". These little moments, so particular and specific, help to bring the story to life, and are what brought Daldry such acclaim for his debut film. Such moments include the montages of Billy dancing, the hug exchanged between Billy and his grandmother before he goes off to school, the desperate and conflicted hugs between Tony and Jackie as Jackie crosses the picket line, and Billy and Jackie falling off the bench in the graveyard after Billy has been accepted to ballet school. Many momentous and climactic moments are either dances or physical relationships between the characters, and Daldry's theater training no doubt gave him the detail-orientation and sensitivity to make meaningful and authentically-emotional moments come to life. True to the subject matter of the film, much of Daldry's storytelling comes alive through his deft direction of his characters' physical lives. I've just come back from three weeks touring it in the US, and it amazes me that what is essentially a small British film can have such a cross-cultural, cross-nationality reaction." It was a real surprise the way the Cannes audience responded to it in Croatia they responded in the same way.
But it was also a good working context, in that it became very special to the people working on it. The resulting film received critical acclaim and adoration from audiences, a surprise to Daldry, who is quoted in The Guardian as saying, "To be frank about it, it was-is-a small-budget British film that faced struggles in its making. After Daldry cut his teeth at the Royal Court in London, the production company Working Title put him at the helm of its studio's first ever independent film. Throughout the film, he includes montages of the young protagonist dancing with an abandon and joy that is nothing short of infectious.Īt the time he directed the film, Daldry had never worked on a film before, and his only experience was with theater.
In the midst of the gritty lives of the characters in Billy Elliot, Daldry manages to simulate Billy's beloved "electricity" in the film's tone. Stephen Daldry creates a film that hums with the electric energy of its protagonist's youthful passion.
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