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Ken Loach on Retiring After 60 Years of Filmmaking and His Respect for Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Hugely Valuable’ Oscars Speech
The beloved auteur of politically engaged social realism and two-time Palme d'Or winner says 'The Old Oak' will be his last film.
After a career of more than 60 years, the British director — a two-time Palme d’Or winner who is behind a library of beloved films including “Kes,” “The Wind That Shakes the Barley,” “Land and Freedom,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “My Name iI Joe” and “I, Daniel Blake” — is calling it a day. Since his very first film — the TV drama “Cathy Come Home” in 1966 — Loach has tackled countless topics, including homelessness, poverty, mental health, labor rights, the welfare state and the gig economy, plus historical periods such as Irish independence and the Spanish civil war. “The Old Oak” bridges issues both home and abroad, centered around a family of Syrian refugees sent by British authorities to live in a former mining town in the north of England that has fallen on hard times and where the newcomers become easy scapegoats.
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