It’s a fantastic film, and it’s a lot of fun, but it’s very much Rosalind Russell who takes you on the journey throughout it.”įinally, Roth rounds off his list with Woman of the Year, the 1942 film directed by George Stevens, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. He added: “It’s shocking after you see it to learn that she was scared by the improvisational way that Cary Grant worked because you would never believe she was nervous when you’re watching it. “Rosalind Russell was just spectacular,” he said. Heading right over the Atlantic Ocean, Roth takes us back to 1940 with His Girl Friday, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, the latter of whom Roth is in particular admiration of. It definitely changed my life, and it helped change British cinema for the better.” “ Kes was a game changer for a lot of people. “The film shows you this boy’s story that is desperately moving and very hard to watch, but which I think was brilliantly done by Ken,” Roth said. The film tells of a young working-class lad whose life changes when he adopts a kestrel. Straying from Clarke but staying with stalwarts of British cinema, we arrive at Ken Loach and his 1969 classic Kes.
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