this is england

12-year-old English teenager Shane lost his father in the Falklands War and was ridiculed by his schoolmates. After spending his days doing nothing and being neglected, he made friends with a group of bald boys and became one of them. Although they are skinheads, these young people are not violent, they just drink, chat and mess around all day. In their bones, this is a group of kind and straightforward young people, but the various problems around them make them choose to use this way of life to escape. Violent skinheads (or NAZIs, as they can be called, though they don't admit it) are also recorded in the film. The overwhelming patriotic, anti-war, and racist agitation moved Shane to become one of them, and began to become increasingly violent. Even though they are both skinheads, these two people take completely different routes. When the people around him were hurt and left or fell down one by one, Shane's young mind finally understood that this was not the result he wanted, and he was blinded. In the last scene of the film, Shane threw the cross flag that was once cherished over there into the sea and let it sink and disappear.

The following is a quotation to explain what Shinhead is.

When it comes to skinhead, there is a culture that cannot be ignored: in the UK in the 1960s, the skinhead, born from the working class, likes to be bald, wear a jacket and large riding boots. They love football and music. Drink and chat. He has a black cross tattoo on his body. Their code of conduct is to be forthright and genuine. Unlike punk's cynicism and indifference. Skinheads are generally lively and rational. But they also have branches. One is just plain skinhead, jolly dashing, fond of making friends, and indifferent to politics. The other is over-localization, which causes them to be xenophobic, racist, and violent. This type of skinhead is called sharp skin or NAZI.



In terms of shooting techniques, the footage, editing, and soundtrack used in this film are very simple. The film focuses on telling the story, rather than letting the audience see the skills. The film is adapted from the director's own experience, but there is not much preaching. All the plots follow the law of how things develop, giving people the feeling of a natural progression, looking at it all from the perspective of a 12-year-old. The formation of Shinhead is not without reason. In those days, the only thing left in Britain for the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets was the memory, dazed and sigh of the past, and only helplessness and venting about the current situation at that time. Perhaps this kind of group will form when any major country is declining. Maybe the director is just reminding the world that Britain has fallen, and that is the status quo. So who will be next!

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