Best of British
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Best of British

Cinema and Society from 1930 to the Present

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Best of British

Cinema and Society from 1930 to the Present

About this book

The new, revised and expanded paperback edition of this widely-used textbook for film history brings up to date its authors' demonstration of how a close study of films in their historical and cultural settings can enrich our understanding of both cinema and historical events. It introduces three new chapters, one focusing on _The Blue Lamp_ and changes in cinema's depiction of the police from that key 1949 film up to the 1960s, another on the 'British New Wave' centring on _The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner_, and a third which, starting from _Scandal_ and its recreation of the 1960s Profumo scandal, goes on to examine the 'retro' fashion for covering crimes of the 1940s, '50s and '60s in films of the 1980s like _Let Him Have It, Dance with a Stranger_ and _Chicago Joe and the Showgirl_. This edition has a new, accessible format and provides a valuable Resource Section for teachers, students and scholars.

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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
1999
Print ISBN
9781860642883
eBook ISBN
9780857710819
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. General Editor's Introduction
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1. Feature Films and the Historian
  5. 2. The Sun Never Sets: Sanders of the River
  6. 3. The Age of Consensus: South Riding
  7. 4. Why We Fight: A Canterbury Tale
  8. 5. What a Difference a War Makes: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  9. 6. Lest We Forget: Fame is the Spur
  10. 7. Old School Ties: The Guinea Pig
  11. 8. The Thin Blue Line: The Blue Lamp
  12. 9. Cul-de-Sac England: The Ladykillers
  13. 10. Vicious Circles: I'm All Right Jack
  14. 11. New Waves, Old Ways and the Censors: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
  15. 12. The Revolt of the Young: If...
  16. 13. Remembrance of Times Past: Scandal
  17. 14. Resources: Selected Guide to Further Reading
  18. Filmography
  19. Index