British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction
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British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction explores the history of cinema in Britain, and considers what has made its films and techniques distinctive, especially in the context of British relations with America. Ranging across the 20th century, Barr's...
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British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction explores the history of cinema in Britain, and considers what has made its films and techniques distinctive, especially in the context of British relations with America. Ranging across the 20th century, Barr's account looks at key British films and filmmakers within this context.
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British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction explores the history of cinema in Britain, and considers what has made its films and techniques distinctive, especially in the context of British relations with America. Ranging across the 20th century, Barr's account looks at key British films and filmmakers within this context.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction “
- List of Illustrations
- 1: Britain and Cinema
- 2: Varieties of Britishness
- 3: A very short history
- 4: 1933 and after
- 5: The war and after
- 6: Ealing and after
- 7: Chariots and after
- 8: Looking back, looking forward
- References
- Further Reading
- General Index
- Index of Names
Autoren-Porträt von Charles Barr
Charles Barr worked for many years at the University of East Anglia, helping to develop one of the first UK programmes in Film Studies at graduate and undergraduate level. He has since taught in St Louis, Galway and Dublin and St Mary's University, Twickenham, and is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of East Anglia. Much of his published work has been on British Cinema, including books on Ealing Studios (1977) and English Hitchcock (1999), and he was co-writer, with director Stephen Frears, of Typically British, part of the centenary history of cinema broadcast on Channel 4 in 1995. He has continued writing on Hitchcock, with a study of Vertigo in the BFI Classics series (new edition, 2012) and Hitchcock: Lost and Found, co-authored with the Parisian scholar Alain Kerzoncuf. Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Charles Barr
- 2022, 168 Seiten, Maße: 10,9 x 17,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199688338
- ISBN-13: 9780199688333
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Writing with a graceful style and a quiet wit, Barr has made a valuable contribution to the increasing array of cinematic Very Short Introductions. David Sterritt, Quarterly Review of Film and Video
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