Sixties British cinema reconsidered / edited by Duncan Petrie, Melanie Williams and Laura Mayne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrie, Duncan, Author.

Contributor:

Petrie, Duncan J., 1963- editor.

Williams, Melanie, 1974- editor.

Mayne, Laura, 1957- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Challenging assumptions around Sixties stardom, the book focuses on creative collaboration and the contribution of production personnel beyond the director, and discusses how cultural change is reflected in both film style and cinematic themes.

Contents:

Intro

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on the Contributors

Introduction

PART ONE STARS AND STARDOM

1. Male Stardom in 1960s British Cinema

2. 'Rebel Rebel'?: Oliver Reed in the 1960s

3. Carol White: The Bardot of Battersea

4. 'The Old Wave at Work': The Transatlantic Stardom of the British Character Actress in the 1960s

PART TWO CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS

5. Woodery-pokery: Charles Wood's Sixties Screenwriting

6. 'Beyond Naturalism': Jocelyn Herbert, If . . . (1968) and Design for Performance in 1960s British Cinema

7. Kes : From Page to Screen

8. 'I'd like to remember you as you are - as just a grumpy old man': Joseph Losey and the Making of Figures in a Landscape (1970)

PART THREE STYLE AND GENRE

9. 'Wholesome rough stuff': Hammer Films and the 'A' and 'U' Certificate, 1959-65

10. Widescreen Pyrotechnics: Shot Composition and Staging in the Cold War Films of Joseph Losey and Sidney J. Furie

11. The Rise and Fall of the Colourful Corporate Fantasy in 1960s British Cinema

12. Witchfi nders and Sorcerers: Sorcery and Counterculture in the Work of Michael Reeves

PART FOUR CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS

13. 'An Impulse of Anger, Instantly Regretted': Rebellion and Reaction in the Early-1960s Naval Film

14. Narratives of Race and Identity in Sixties British Cinema

15. Panic at the Disco: Brainwashing, Alienation and the Discotheque in Swinging London Films

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2020).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781474443906

1474443907

OCLC:

1150185041