The British Film Industry in the 1970s

Capital, Culture and Creativity
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-34821-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 221 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 303 g

Is there more to 1970s British cinema than sex, horror and James Bond? This lively account argues that this is definitely the case and explores the cultural landscape of this much maligned decade to uncover hidden gems and to explode many of the well-established myths about 1970s British film and cinema.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barber, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of abbreviations Acknowledgements Table of Figures Dedication Introduction Film and Cultural History Understanding the 1970s Film and Government Funding Innovation Movers and Shakers Institutions and Organisations The Films Sunday Bloody Sunday: Authorship, Collaboration and Improvisation The Go-Between: The Past, the Present and the 1970s Confessions of a Window Cleaner: Sex, Class and Popular Taste Stardust: Stardom, Performance and Masculinity Scum: Institutional Control and Patriarchy The Tempest: A Brave New World of Creative Endeavour? Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

SIAN BARBER is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She has published on British cinema, cinema going and censorship and her most recent publication is Censoring the 1970s: The BBFC and the Decade that Taste Forgot.