Alan Clarke was a huge influence on Gus Van Sant, Danny Boyle, Paul Greengrass, Harmony Korine and Bertrand Bonello, British film and TV director Alan Clarke was one of the poets of the Steadicam.
Alan Clarke was a huge influence on Gus Van Sant, Danny Boyle, Paul Greengrass, Harmony Korine and Bertrand Bonello, British film and TV director Alan Clarke was one of the poets of the Steadicam. In this video, Jon Spira explore how his run of films from Made in Britain (1982) to Elephant (1989) exploded the storytelling potential of the walking shot.—Ulf Kjell Gür