„Długie ujęcie naszego miasta z tamtego wzgórza”, czyli o władzy spojrzenia w brytyjskich filmach realizmu społecznego lat 60. i 80.
“That Long Shot of Our Town From That Hill”, or About The Authority of The Look in British Social Realism Films of The 1960s And 1980s

Summary/Abstract: In 1984 Andrew Higson published an article concerning space, landscape and spectacle in British ‘Kitchen Sink’ cinema of the 1960s. Discussing the matter of authority of the look in the context of class, Higson singled out one very expressive and emblematic shot, insistently recurring in almost all these New Wave films: That Long Shot of Our Town from that Hill. This kind of shot – showing characters looking at their town from the nearby hill – seems to be rather controversial in class terms as it problematizes the question of who is looking at whom and, therefore, who is creating the image of the characters and their world. Does the authority of the look belong to the working class characters, or to the middle class filmmakers (and, most likely, viewers)? Kosińska questions Higson’s views by offering her own standpoint and analysing parallel Long Shots of Our Town from that Hill as expressed in 1980s films by Mike Leigh and Alan Clarke.

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