British Directors: Mike Hodges
British Directors: Mike Hodges (1932 - )
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Introduction
Mike Hodges is still known for his 'gangster heavy' film Get Carter which seems to get number one in the 'Lad's Mags' lists for the 'well 'ard'. In fact it was an insightful view of relationships between British Gangland and various local businesses and of course the police. In terms of representations of Newcastle and the North East at the time the corruption of the Poulson affair.
The film was a continuation of the representation of British Gangland from Brighton Rock through The Long Good Friday which also dealt with corruption and was prescient about developments in the London docklands. Hodges has contributed another gangster heavy film in recent years I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
For more on the theme of British Crime Films please follow this link.
A fuller evaluation of Mike Hodges work will follow however there are some useful links here to help with your research.
Fimography
1970 Get Carter
1972 Pulp
1974 Terminal Man
1979 Flash Gordon
1985 Morons from Outer Space
1987 A Prayer for the Dying
1990 Black Rainbow
1998 Croupier
2001 Murder By Numbers
2003 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2004 Murder by Numbers
Films Available:
Webliography
Screenonline Biography of Mike Hodges
Guardian interview with Mike Hodges
NFT Interview with Mike Hodges
Sight and Sound Review of I'll Sleep when I'm Dead
BBC Radio 3 series of interviews with Mike Hodges about work in progress on I'll sleep When I'm Dead
BBC Interview with Mike Hodges on Croupier
Culture Wars Review of I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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02 Jan 2008 12:05
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Tags: A Level Media Studies British Cinema British Cinema From 1990 Contemporary British Cinema Contemporary British Directors Film Education Kinoeye Mike Hodges
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