Nick Broomfield - The Early Works

Synopsis

A collection of documentary-maker Nick Broomfield’s earliest works. Features WHO CARES (1970), PROUD T BE BRITISH (1973), BEHIND THE RENT STRIKE (1974), JUVENILE LIAISON (1975), JUVENILE LIAISON II (1990), TATOOED TEARS (1978), DRIVING ME CRAZY (1988), MONSTER IN A BOX (1991).

Who Cares (1970) - a snapshot of life in the slums of Liverpool; Proud To Be British (1973) - a wry and troubling account of British attitudes; Behind The Rent Strike (1974) - a graduation project inspired by the stories and characters Broomfield encountered in ‘Who Cares’; Juvenile Liaison (1975) - ‘the film the police arrested’, Broomfield’s scathing account of the Lancashire Police Force Liaison Division’s handling of young offenders; Juvenile Liaison II (1990) - the sequel that reacquaints us with the lives of the children and officers involved, examining the scars left 15 years on; Tattooed Tears (1978) - an intimate encounter with a maximum security juvenile correctional facility in California; Driving Me Crazy (1988) - a behind-the-scenes document of the (un)making of a musical; Monster In A Box (1991) - Broomfield’s interpretation of Spalding Gray’s impressionistic show detailing one man’s struggle with writer’s block, and ‘History Reel’, in which Broomfield gives a personal overview of his diverse career.

DVD extras: newly-recorded video introductions for each film from Nick Broomfield.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2006

Year of production

1970-1991

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Subjects

Film Studies

Keywords

documentary films; film directors; Broomfield, Nicholas

Credits

Director

Nicholas Broomfield

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£34.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

610 minutes

Year

2006

Sections

Title

Who Cares

Synopsis

(1970) A snapshot of life in the slums of Liverpool.

Title

Proud to be British

Synopsis

(1973) - a wry and troubling account of British attitudes

Title

Behind the Rent Strike

Synopsis

(1974) - a graduation project inspired by the stories and characters Broomfield encountered in WHO CARES.

Title

Juvenile Liaison

Synopsis

(1975) - ‘the film the police arrested’, Broomfield’s scathing account of the Lancashire Police Force Liaison Division’s handling of young offenders.

Title

Juvenile Liaison II

Synopsis

(1990) - the sequel to JUVENILE LIAISON (1975) that reacquaints us with the lives of the children and officers involved, examining the scars left 15 years on.

Title

Tattooed Tears

Synopsis

(1978) - Filmed over a period of three months in a Californian prison for 17-21-year-old male offenders where an ostensibly liberal administration is turning young delinquents into institutionalised criminals. Two of the subjects were admitted for three months for minor offences and were still there after three years, repeatedly punished for their lack of cooperation. No amount of pleading in their restricted, expletive-ridden vocabularies can get them released. In despair they fall back upon passive resistance which leaves one boy lying prostrate on a cell floor bound at the ankles and hands behind his back chained to railings. The scenes are presented without commentary.

Duration

85 mins

Title

Driving me Crazy

Synopsis

(1988) - a behind-the-scenes document of the (un)making of a musical.

Title

Monster in a Box

Synopsis

(1991) - Broomfield’s interpretation of Spalding Gray’s impressionistic show detailing one man’s struggle with writer’s block.

Title

History Reel

Synopsis

Broomfield gives a personal overview of his diverse career.

Distributor

Name

Metrodome Distribution

Notes

Specialist distributor of quality, independent films, both theatrically and subsequently on DVD. DVD releases include new films, classic cinema, documentaries, animation, stage adaptations, television programming and historical drama. NB. Metrodome Distribution went into administration in 2016

 

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