ReFocus: the films of Lindsay Anderson / edited by Will Kitchen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kitchen, Will, editor.

Series:

ReFocus: the international directors series

ReFocus : the international directories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anderson, Lindsay, 1923-1994--Criticism and interpretation.

Anderson, Lindsay.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Other Title:

Films of Lindsay Anderson

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Provides new scholarly interpretations of films by British director Lindsay Anderson New interdisciplinary research on Lindsay AndersonFresh interpretations of neglected texts using contemporary critical themesContains international contributions from both established and emerging academicsFollowing the centenary of Lindsay Anderson's birth (1923-94), this edited collection of original essays re-examines the work of one of British cinema's most iconoclastic and challenging directors. Building upon existing scholarship and authorial frameworks, the chapters included engage with a range of highly contemporary interpretive themes and approaches, including regionalism, reception, trauma, queer theory, genre, collaboration and gender representation. Addressing a number of methods and key themes which have arisen in the years following Anderson's death, ReFocus: The Films of Lindsay Anderson offers a diverse exploration of his screen work from a contemporary critical perspective. The chapters provide fresh insights into some of the most significant texts in the history of British cinema, including films, concepts and creative relationships that have shaped modern screen culture"-- De Gruyter Brill.

Contents:

‘Usual stimulating awful marvellous Northern urban landscape’ : authorship, poetry and placemaking in Lindsay Anderson’s 1960s filmography / Jonny Smith

The white bus and townscape / Kevin M. Flanagan

‘A poetic version of a News of the World story’ : gender, realism and single motherhood in This Sporting Life / Isabelle Kemp

Boarding school stories : a critical reflection on Lindsay Anderson’s If.... / Adam Locks

Ego and alter ego : Malcolm McDowell in the films of Lindsay Anderson / Robert Shail

The angry young man strikes : an exploration into Lindsay Anderson’s political satires / Sony Jalarajan Raj and Adith K. Suresh

‘He’s not what people expect a working-class writer to be’ : class, region and realism in the work of David Storey and Lindsay Anderson / David Forrest

In celebration of a brilliant craftsman : the strange likeness of Lindsay Anderson, William Wyler and Anthony Asquith / Brian Hoyle

‘Crass stupidity’ : the critics and The Old Crowd / Julian Petley

Spine-chilling possibilities : Britannia Hospital and British horror production / James Leggott

Becoming flesh : queer vulnerabilities in Britannia Hospital / Benedict Morrison

If you were there . . . : the legacy of Free Cinema / Will Edwards

The popularity of The Whales of August and a short history of Lindsay Anderson in Japan / Sawako Omori

Bette, Lillian and Lindsay – and The Whales of August / Brian McFarlane.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed December 24, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: ReFocus: the films of Lindsay Anderson

ISBN:

9781399537087

1399537083

9781399537070

1399537075

9781399537063

1399537067

OCLC:

1553846807

Publisher Number:

CIPO000309575

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license