Sarah Street

British National Cinema

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

British National Cinema traces the development of the British film industry, from the Lumiere brothers' first screening in London in 1896 through to the dominance of Hollywood and the severe financial crises which affected production companies such as Goldcrest, Handmade Films and Palace Pictures in the late 1980's and 1990's. Exploring the relationship between British cinema and British society, Sarah Street uses the notions of 'official' and 'unofficial' cinema to demonstrate how British cinema has been both 'respectable' and 'disreputable' according to the prevailing notions of what constitutes 'good cinema'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9780415067362
• ISBN-10: 0415067367
• Artikelnr.: 22052340

Autorenporträt

Sarah Street

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction: British national cinema
1 The fiscal politics of film
2 Studios
directors and genres
3 Genres from austerity to affluence
4 Genres in transition: 1970s to 1990s
5 Contemporary British cinema
6 Acting and stars
7 Borderlines I: Modernism and British cinema
8 Borderlines II: Counter-cinema and independence
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Subject index
Name index
Index of films and television programmes

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List of plates, Acknowledgements, Introduction: British national cinema, 1 The fiscal politics of film, 2 Studios, directors and genres, 3 Genres from austerity to affluence, 4 Genres in transition: 1970s to 1990s, 5 Contemporary British cinema, 6 Acting and stars, 7 Borderlines I: Modernism and British cinema, 8 Borderlines II: Counter-cinema and independence, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Subject index, Name index, Index of films and television programmes