Monday 4 October 2010

EDUCATING RITA


Educating Rita is a film from the 1980's starring Michael Caine, it tells the story of a woman who joins a University to study english literature and is from a deprived background of Liverpool. The professor who is played by michael Caine is an alcoholic who cannot be bothered with his job anymore but finds inspiration within Rita to teach.

The opening shot shows Michael Caine going to teach his class but hides his alcohol and does not show any bother. He walks through a very posh University with cobbled roads and people in suits. When Rita appears it shows her in high heels stumbling up late to class as it clearly shows her being a class below.