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The British \B\ film
This is the first book to provide a thorough examination of the British 'B' movie, from the war years to the 1960s. The authors draw on archival research, contemporary trade papers and interviews with key 'B' filmmakers to map the 'B' movie phenomenon both as artefact and as industry product, and as a reflection on their times.
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Twenty British films : a guided tour
This book examines twenty major British films from a 70-year time span, offering a lively account of what has made them valuable and provocative over many viewings. It aims both to communicate a critical enthusiasm and to stimulate readers, large numbers of whom will know and value these films, many of them classics of their kind. The author's personal engagement with such titles as The Lady Vanishes, Brief Encounter and Four Weddings and a Funeral will be likely to call up the readers' own responses. Each film focuses on a particular strength significant in the history of British cinema. This may, for instance, reflect its strong ties with literature, or represent a high spot in British comedy or some other genre in which it has excelled, or it could be a matter of rescuing a 'B' film from obscurity and critical condescension, or of celebrating a star performance. There will inevitably be something strongly personal about any such choice, and any defence of that choice. These are films that have stayed in the mind, when hundreds of others are forgotten. They speak of a rich national cinema too often undervalued as a poor relation of Hollywood. This book, then, has an element of celebration, but it also examines these twenty films rigorously both in their contexts and as individual texts. The book will be useful to anyone studying these films but above all it is to be accessible to a much wider audience with an interest in and affection for British film.
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The encyclopedia of British film
This is a comprehensive history of the British film industry from its inception to the present day, with minute listings of the producers, directors, actors and studios behind a century of great British cinema.
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The British \B\ film
\"This is the first book to provide a thorough examination of the British 'B' movie, from the war years to the 1960s. The authors draw on archival research, contemporary trade papers and interviews with key 'B' filmmakers to map the 'B' movie phenomenon both as artefact and as industry product, and as a reflection on their times\"--Provided by publisher.
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Four from the forties
The 'Gainsborough melodramas' were a mainstay of 1940s British
cinema, and helped make the careers of such stars as Margaret
Lockwood, James Mason and Stewart Granger. But what was unique
about these films? And who were the directors behind them? This
book presents four key filmmakers, each with his own talents and
specialities. It traces their professional lives through the highs
of the 1940s, when the popularity of Gainsborough films was at its
peak, to the tougher decades that followed the genre's decline.
Featuring expert analysis of such films as The Man in Grey
(1943), Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) and The
Upturned Glass (1947), alongside valuable historical context,
the book constitutes the first extended examination of this group
of directors. It combines critical acumen with readability, making
it a valuable resource for students, lecturers and general readers
alike.
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Making a Meal of It
For more than forty years, readers of Melbourne newspapers and journals and radio listeners have learned about the latest films through the interpretations and judgments of Brian McFarlane. Over that time, McFarlane's reviews of and articles on film have featured in The Age , Australian Book Review , Cinema Papers , Inside Story , Meanjin , Metro ,.
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Charles Dickens' Great expectations: the relationship between text and film
A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of Great Expectations.Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material tosupport their courses and essay writing on how the film versionsprovide different readings of the original text.Focussing on David Lean's film of Great Expectations, thebook discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themesand dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screenand how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays andshooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book alsofeatures quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics andothers linked with the chosen film and text.
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