My Generation
Michael Kane explores the cultural rift that took place in the sixties of this century to shed light on the causes, consequences and factors that influenced them through archival footage and a set of videos, pictures and documents that could show the world that lost revolution.
9 July 1937, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
18 June 1942, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
8 January 1935, Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
23 May 1933, Paddington, London, England, UK
10 May 1946, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
14 March 1933, Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
29 December 1946, Hampstead, London, England, UK
18 December 1943, Dartford, Kent, England, UK
March 19, 2018
It's a familiar but culturally important story that just needed a stronger editorial line to give it real heft. Great fun, though.March 16, 2018
Park your brain and enjoy the vibe.September 05, 2017
Thumbnail sketches of Pirate Radio, the Pill, London fashion and photography whiz by in a rush. It often comes off like a telly advert, but an expertly made one.March 14, 2018
Many of the anecdotes and insights here will already be familiar to anyone with even a passing knowledge of the period but that doesn't reduce in the slightest the nostalgic pleasure that the film provides throughout.April 27, 2018
It may feel rather gimmicky, but it's packed with entertaining surprises.September 07, 2017
The longer the doc goes on, the more it sacrifices depth for frenetic overload, with too little in the way of insightful analysis to shed fresh perspective on the Swinging London years.April 02, 2018
It's a glorious ode to the pop culture revolution.May 31, 2018
A brilliantly thrilling look back at the flowering of creativity and freethinking spirit of 1960s London, through the thoroughly charming perspective of Michael Caine.March 19, 2018
As a colourful, smoothly edited nostalgia trip, it's fine; perhaps there'll be more depth in the planned television series.March 14, 2018
Blimey. Seen it all before, haven't we?October 24, 2017
There's a tremendous amount of pleasure to be had in David Batty's "My Generation," a sloppy wet kiss to Michael Caine and British youth culture of the 1960s.March 16, 2018
The enduring mystery of what Michael Caine is thinking and feeling remains intact during his watchable, if somewhat exasperating docu-reminiscence of 1960s swinging London.