Terence Fisher / Peter Hutchings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutchings, Peter.

Series:

British film makers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisher, Terence, 1904-1980--Criticism and interpretation.

Fisher, Terence.

Fisher, Terence, 1904-1980.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

This book offers an appreciation of Terence Fisher's films and also gives a sense of his place in British film history. Looking at Fisher's career as a whole not only underlines his importance as a filmmaker, but also casts a new and interesting light on the areas of British cinema within which he worked--Gainsborough melodrama, the 1950's B film, 1960's science-fiction, and Hammer, one of the most successful independent film companies in the history of British cinema.

Contents:

1 Fisher in context 8

2 Fisher before horror 33

3 The horror man: 1957-62 81

4 Highs and lows: 1962-72 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

0719056365

0719056373

OCLC:

48390689