Characters and community attracted a movie-making team to Glasgow to make some of their most hard-hitting films.
Paul Laverty, the screenwriter who has worked for many years with legendary director, Ken Loach, in the city for a screening of their latestThe Old Oak, said the last three films the pair made together could easily have been set in Glasgow.
The Scottish writer, who spent time many years in Glasgow, working as a lawyer, before turning to screenwriting, mentions My Name is Joe, set in Glasgow, starring Peter Mullan and Sweet Sixteen, in Greenock, which gave Martin Compston his first acting break and Carlas’s Song, starring Robert Carlyle as a Glasgow bus driver.
While there is a strong political and social comment in their work, Paul said telling the story is what it is about.“Why tell a story? But we want to tell stories and a good issue doesn't make a good story. It really doesn't. Paul added: “There's a lot of defiance, a lot of resistance, and there's a lot of creativity that's through humour and people are defiant and people’s spirit gives you hope and I think we need to. really, really nourish hope.is full of cruelty and barbarity, but it's also full of moments of great compassion and empathy and creativity. And I and I hope this film is in that tradition.
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