British Film
British Film
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Demonstrating the richness and variety of a national cinema that has traditionally struggled to define itself between the paradigms of Hollywood popular film and European art cinema, this study provides comprehensive coverage of British cinema in general as well as critical discussions of specific films--useful for screenings. Each chapter covers a specific topic and includes detailed descriptions of key films representative of different historical periods.
- A comprehensive guide to the British film tradition
- Provides close readings of specific films
- Written at a level accessible to general readers, but of interest to students and scholars
Reviews & endorsements
"Jim Leach's British Cinema is an engaging introduction to and meditation on what the opening chapter describes as a "complex" and "messy" cinema" Letters in Canada 2004 Jim Ellis
Product details
September 2004Hardback
9780521652766
300 pages
242 × 162 × 26 mm
0.62kg
80 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. The national health: Great Britain/deep England
- 2. The magic box: what is British cinema?
- 3. The common touch: the art of being realistic
- 4. The mirror crack'd: British expressionism
- 5. Millions like us: British cinema as popular cinema
- 6. The stars look down: acting British
- 7. No sex please - we're British: sex, gender, and the national character
- 8. Carry on regardless: The British sense of humor
- 9. Sexy beasts: British monsters
- 10. The ruling class: ideology and the school movie
- 11. The long memory: history and heritage
- 12. I'm British but …: Empire and after.
