Dave Johns, star of I, Daniel Blake: . It was an application for income support, and it was 5. Johns, who had not signed on since the late 1. Every day you signed on and would be paid cash. I had it a couple of times when a little bloke would come on a motorbike and pick you up to take you to a job. There are not many Oscar- tipped actors called Dave, but Johns was tickled earlier this year to be listed, by Variety magazine, as a potential Academy award winner for his part in his debut film I, Daniel Blake. It put him at No 2. Colin Farrell and Jake Gyllenhaal. There were a few telly appearances, a Never Mind the Buzzcocks here, an 8 Out of 1. Cats there, plus a few stage appearances alongside bigger names, such as his bit part alongside Christian Slater in One Flew Over the Cuckoo. No one is as surprised as Johns, who is from the Newcastle suburb of Byker . Then, out of the blue, Guy Masterson, the West End producer behind One Flew Over the Cuckoo. It turned out to be a character in Loach. The film charts his attempts to retain his dignity in the face of the callous bureaucracy of the department for work and pensions. It is there that he first encounters Katie (Hayley Squires), a single mum in her 2. Newcastle with her two children from a hostel in her native London because of a shortage of social housing in the capital. I, Daniel Blake review: Ken Loach's welfare state polemic is blunt, dignified and brutally moving. The two begin a perhaps unlikely friendship when Daniel steps in to help her after she is sanctioned for turning up minutes late to sign on, having got lost in an unfamiliar city. This is the first injustice in an incredibly powerful film, which has had audiences weeping at film festivals from Toronto to Locarno, when it was shown in the Piazza Grande in front of an audience of 8,0. Swiss. One audience member was so moved that, upon spotting Johns and his 1. It is unclear whether this benevolence was prompted because the bill- settler had failed to separate Johns from the penniless Daniel or was simply bowled away by his naturalistic performance. Daniel Blake werkt als timmerman. 23-11-2016 Speelweek 47: nieuw. Daniel Blake recensie “Film is marvellous, it’s exciting. Ken Loach still has the power to make a make a simple understated film about poverty & benefits in 2016. The film takes a blackly comical approach. Daniel Blake Movie Review. There are certainly similarities between Johns and his character. Both 5. 9 at the time of filming, bald, working- class geordies (one of Johns. He recalls an earnest conversation with a man at a Q& A at a film festival, who asked what Johns. Did you and Ken Loach, for example, discuss how Daniel would sit? If Daniel was going to receive a phone call, that would be all that Johns would know. He would be given a phone, put it to his ear and on the other end would be the fitness- to- work assessor leaving a message.
The unfolding drama was shared on a strictly need- to- know basis, so that during what is arguably the film. Another of the most memorable scenes took place in a real mini- mart, remembers Johns. I remember Ken said to Hayley: . Photograph: Venturelli/Wire. Image. Johns says the experience has changed his life . 9 reasons 'I, Daniel Blake' is being hailed as the most important film of 2016 09:51,; Sponsored Content. Daniel Blake is a sobering film. He recently spoke at the Labour party conference and is optimistic that the film will prompt audiences into action. He is delighted that the distributors, Entertainment One, are making it available for community groups to show in pubs and village halls following its cinematic release, which is already wider than most Loach films. He met a journalist from Variety, whose critic raved about the film. This film is making people cry, it. And things can change with the will of the people.
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