Dylan Hogan A-level Film Studies

The film Trainspotting portrays social and cultural contexts very well in a post Thatcherism era, in the way that the film deals with the effects of Thatcherism and the lack of work for young people in the working class. Thatcherism legacy lived on through the 90s and still developed a lot of unemployment among the UK and this is shown in Trainspotting from the lack of work shown in this film and the fact that none of the main characters have jobs shows that there are still Thatcherism policy is still going on. The characters attitude in this film is lacking motivation in the way that they are choosing heroin over life and are not trying to find a job which contrasts the views of the government which one politician said "get on your bike and find work" which tells us that the characters in this film are not standing by the government and are choosing to live a bad life rather then getting and job and being working class. Also Renton's voice over also tells us that he does...

The political and social context in This is England are really important in the making of this film and the ways in which Thatcherism at that time was a massive thing that affected a lot of people in the way that Margot Thatcher ran England and the film shows very well the affects of capitalism at this time in England. Also the affects that skinheads had on the society at this time in England and the way that skinheads are shown in different ways in this film and difference in the types of skinheads at this time. Thatcherism made the rich people more rich and left behind the working class to go into poverty and to lose money the film "This Is England" shows this very well and all the character in this film are the products of the affect of Thatcherism and the impacts that it had on the skinhead culture. Also there was a lot of unemployment at this time because of Margaret Thatcher policy and the way she went about her work. By making people just get on with there life's a...