Favourite School CP Movie Clips: 19
Kes takes the No. 19 spot in my personal all-time
favourite school corporal punishment scenes
from mainstream movies.
It is a film renowned for its realism and
authenticity and the scene in which a group of boys are caned on the hands by
the headmaster is entirely realistic: the director Ken Loach says he had the
‘headmaster’ cane them for real and the boys didn’t know it was going to
happen.
Today we’d see this as an actual assault
and the police would probably become involved, but back in 1969 when the film
was made they seemed quite proud of the trick they played (see
more here).
Despite the irregular way in which it was
filmed the scene is one of the most authentic caning scenes ever seen in a
mainstream movie (that is one not made for the ‘fetish’ market). It was set in
a real secondary modern school and unlike The Guinea Pig (which I chose in the No.
20 spot) many members of the audience might
recognise it from their own personal experience.
Look out for more of my favourite top 20 movie clips in coming weeks.
Picture
and video credits: Woodfall Film Productions & Kestrel Films & BBC
TV,
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