Director – Karel Reisz
Year – 1960
This film focuses on several key concepts. The main ones being Rebellion and Societal change.
Factory scene – Rat
In this scene, Arthur takes a dead rat and puts it in a pile of screws that a woman was working at. When she returns, she screams. This shows that he doesn’t take his job seriously. Arthur is part of the angry young men group. He is rebelling against society by not working hard at his job like his relatives did. His family were alive in the second world war. Arthur was born during the time of the baby boom. This occured when the men returned from the war and had lots of children. This saw a huge rise in population. It also meant that britain was on course for a change in societal rules and values. Arthur just wanted to rebel and wanted to get drunk every weekend and live his life for that.