Briefly explain where a film like Mike Leigh’s High Hopes falls in the left-center-right model and why

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. This film would fall under the liberal category of the left-right-center ideological spectrum.
2. The film was released in 1988 at a time when British society, which has always been class conscious, was especially so under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
3. Thatcher dominated the decade of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, just as her friend and fellow conservative Ronald Reagan dominated the political climate in America.
4. Like many liberal artists of his generation, director Mike Leigh was sickened by the materialism of British society, a value espoused by the right during this era.
5. His satirical targets range over a wide spectrum, and are richly deserving of their skewering. Only an eccentric hippie couple (who represent the left ideologically) provide an island of decency in the sea of greed, pretentiousness, and conspicuous consumption depicted in this film.