Interview from the guardian newspaper website with Shane Meadows, reflecting on growing in the 1980’s. Very useful as Meadows mentions how much of ‘This Is England’ is based on his own childhood and he describes the formation of the skin-head subculture, why it was targeted by the Nation Front movement and how he created some of his characters to show this.
Item 7: BBC Radio 4 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/backrow/backrow_20020907.shtml)
Audio interview with Shane Meadows Around the release of the film. Useful as Meadows briefly mentions the wide range of people that can be found in the Midlands.
These are good, but as we discussed in class give more detail and realte to your question more. I look forward to seeing the rest of your entries.
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