Couldn't agree more. Jarman is someone I thought was great as a person, but a really dreadful filmmaker. Quintessentially 80s in the worst possible way.
No East London playground in the early 80s was complete without hearing the following:
Bum chum/bender/gaylord.
Spam 'ead.
Div/flad/spaz/spasmo.
Trampus.
Slapper.
Minge.
Bod.
Ah, the memories!
I love Richard Price's stuff. I didn't know he had a new book out so that's great news. I agree about his dialogue and pacing out-weighing his other elements, but there are passages in Clockers (and Blood Brothers, which hasn't been mentioned here yet I think) that really are as vivid as any...
Not a new film, and one that I've scene numerous times before. But i watched Hammer's Quatermass and the Pit again last night and, as the thread title suggests, I can't recommend it enough.
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