The British cinema book
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The British cinema book
British Film Institute, 2001
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
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First ed.: 1997
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text represents the progress made in exploring the history of British cinema, providing a comprehensive account of a dynamic and growing area in film studies. This second edition has been expanded and includes 12 new contributors. It extends coverage of topics such as British silent cinema in the 1920s, looking back at the British new wave, spectacle and the "Boy's Own" tradition in British cinema, the cinema of excess of the 1970s, British cinema and American aspirations; Celtic traditions in British cinema, the revival of the British gangster film, and the urban fairy tale in the late 1990s.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Part One: Early British Cinema: Assessments Part Two: Early British Cinema: Genres and Traditions Part Three: British Cinema from the Second World War to the 60s: Assessments Part Four: British Cinema from the Second World War to the 60s: Genres and Traditions Part Five: What is British Cinema?: Identities and Contexts Part Six: What is British Cinema? From Popular Cinema to the Avant-Garde Part Seven: Contemporary British Cinema Conclusion, Robert Murphy
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