British Crime Cinema
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British Crime Cinema

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

British Crime Cinema

About this book

This is the first substantial study of British cinema's most neglected genre. Bringing together original work from some of the leading writers on British popular film, this book includes interviews with key directors Mike Hodges ( Get Carter ) and Donald Cammel ( Performance ). It discusses an abundance of films including:
* acclaimed recent crime films such as Shallow Grave, Shopping, and Face.
* early classics like They Made Me A Fugitive
* acknowledged classics such as Brighton Rock and The Long Good Friday
* 50s seminal works including The Lavender Hill Mob and The Ladykillers.

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Yes, you can access British Crime Cinema by Steve Chibnall,Robert Murphy in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Film & Video. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2005
eBook ISBN
9781134702701

Table of contents

  1. Book Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Parole overdue
  10. 2 The censors and British gangland, 1913–1990
  11. 3 Spin a dark web
  12. 4 Outrage: No Orchids For Miss Blandish
  13. 5 Men, women and money
  14. 6 The higher heel
  15. 7 The emergence of the British tough guy
  16. 8 Ordinary people
  17. 9 Performance
  18. 10 Mike Hodges discusses Get Carter with the NFT audience, 23 September 1997
  19. 11 A revenger’s tragedy Get Carter
  20. 12 Dog eat dog
  21. 13 Space in the British crime film
  22. 14 Allegorising the nation
  23. 15 From underworld to underclass
  24. Filmography, 1939–1997
  25. Index