18 ISSUE261SEPTEMBER2020 | WEEKENDER BRITISH ADMEN LIGHT-UP THE SILVER SCREEN
... As mentioned earlier, class may have played a part in the rise of these Brit directors, Parker and Lyne being North Londoners and the Scott brothers being from the provinces. Vinod Mahindru and Jonathan Gem, in their writings say that in Britain, ‘culture was left to the commoners’...
A few of Hugh Hudson’s films you may have heard of certainly fill each frame with more and more detail. More and more women are reduced to
stereotype or suffer fetishism and male domination. Scenes fire past the viewer in swifter and more rapid succession. And the role of music cannot be more highly valued. As mentioned earlier, class may have played a part in the rise of these Brit directors, Parker and Lyne being North Londoners and the Scott brothers being from the provinces. Vinod Mahindru and Jonathan Gem, in their writings say that in Britain, ‘culture was left to the commoners’. If one were to isolate the main ethos of these British admen turned filmmakers it might be precisely the commoner’s
