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Dissent and Disruption: The Complete Alan Clarke

A multi-platform season at BFI Southbank and Mediatheques, on BFI Player and DVD.

Scum (1977)

Scum (1977)

“Alan Clarke is maybe my favourite filmmaker, the best of the British New Wave.” – Harmony Korine

“As a director you have to try to be like Alan Clarke – anonymous, subversive, compassionate, moral.” – Paul Greengrass

From 28 March BFI Southbank are hosting a month-long celebration of the maverick British director whom Stephen Frears described as “the best of us”. The season offers a chance to see why Alan Clarke is so revered by actors, writers and directors alike.

The season includes rarely-seen early work, a new documentary, the TV and film versions of Scum, the re-discovered original cut of The Firm starring Gary Oldham, and a Q&A with Made in Britain star Tim Roth. Alongside big-screen events we are releasing new Blu-ray and DVD box sets, and Clarke titles will be available on BFI Player, and for free at BFI Mediatheques across the UK.

“Alan Clarke was an incendiary talent and a true one-off, who brilliantly captured modern Britain.” – critic and broadcaster Danny Leigh

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    BFI Shop

    Two six-disc Alan Clarke DVD box sets will be released on 23 May on BFI DVD, alongside a 13-disc Blu-ray collection, Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC 1969-1989.

    Pre-order now

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