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Billy Elliot / James Leggott.
Van Pelt Library PN1997.B46 L44 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leggott, James, author.
- Series:
- BFI film classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Billy Elliot (Motion picture).
- Coming-of-age films--Great Britain--History and criticism.
- Coming-of-age films.
- Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
- Strikes and lockouts in motion pictures.
- Durham (England : County)--In motion pictures.
- Durham (England : County).
- Motion pictures--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 104 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY : The British Film Institute , 2025.
- Summary:
- "James Leggott's study of Billy Elliot (2000), a coming-of-age drama set against the bitter backdrop of the 1984-5 miners' strike, examines the film's peculiarities of tone, depiction of tensions over class and gender roles, and its portrayal of family dynamics. In doing so, he challenges the film's categorisation as an example of 'feel good' northern realism. Instead, through close readings of key scenes, Leggott argues that the film's bold, often transgressive humour, aligns it more with contemporaneous developments in American independent cinema and British 'dark' television comedy than a more obvious alignment with an British social realist tradition"-- provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Raising Billy Elliot
- Dancer : Billy Elliot by numbers
- Go, Billy! The legacy of Billy Elliot.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781839027802
- 1839027800
- OCLC:
- 1514990132
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000259912
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