Seventies British cinema / edited by Robert Shail.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shail, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History.

Motion pictures.

Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

This collection of fifteen scholarly papers on British cinema in the 1970s examines the best and worst of the controversial and often overlooked era. The work is divided into three sections covering popular genres, contexts and styles, and films and film makers. Essays discuss both the low-brow exploitation films and commercial chaff responsible for the decade's weak reputation as well as important and influential films such as punk cult classic Jubilee and Horace Ove's seminal work of British black cinema, Pressure. Contributors include film academics from a variety of UK institutions. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-178) and index.

ISBN:

9781844572748

1844572749

1844572730

9781844572731

OCLC:

244314878