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subject clippings file		BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE More info
book		Documentary and educational films of the 1930s / Rachael Low London, UK: George Allen & Unwin, 1979. Call No: 761(41) LOW Author: Low, Rachael Source: UK Place: London, UK Publisher: George Allen & Unwin PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: 244 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Series: The History of British Film 1929-1939 Subject: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. UK; EDUCATION, USE OF FILMS IN; EDUCATION, FILM. UK; INDUSTRY, FILM. UK; INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS; PROPAGANDA FILMS; POLITICAL FILMS; TRUTH IN FILMS; ANSTEY, EDGAR; CAVALCANTI, ALBERTO; ELTON, ARTHUR; GRIERSON, JOHN; ROTHA, PAUL; WRIGHT, BASIL Summary: "With the advent of sound a host of film makers began, during the 1930s, to explore the wider possibilities of film as a means of communication. Without doubt the most spectacular development during this decade of social and political unrest was the dramatic growth of the mainstream British documentary movement closely associated with names such as John Grierson and Paul Rotha, which is often described as Britain's most important contribution to world cinema. In these pages for the first time a full and detailed account is given of people involved in the documentary movement and a coherant attempt is made to date and describe their whole output. Rachael Low demonstrates how different documentary styles evolved, developed and changed - and eventually split into two distinct schools of film making. An equally important innovation in the 1930s was the first use of film for educational purposes. Rachael Low records in detail the many experiments and debates held to determine the best use of films in schools and the often disappointing attempts to produce satisfactory educational films."--BOOK JACKET Notes: includes bibliographical references; incldues film listing includes index ISBN: 0047910364 Contents: -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Educational Film -- 3. The Documentary Movement -- (i) Early Stages -- (ii) The Middle Years -- (iii) Maturity -- (iv) The End of the Decade -- 4. Reality and the Documentary Film -- Appendix: The British Film Institute -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Film List -- Index -- More info
book		Icons in the fire : The decline and fall of almost everybody in the British Film Industry 1984-2000 / Alexander Walker London: Orion, 2004. Call No: 71(41) WAL Author: Walker, Alexander Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Orion PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: xxiv, 328 p. ; colour illustrations ; 22 cm Subject: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (UK, Julien Temple, 1986); GOVERNMENT AID. UK; ATTENBOROUGH, RICHARD; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; JAMES BOND IN FILMS; BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE; CANNES FILM FESTIVAL; CHANNEL FOUR; [FOUR] 4 WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (UK, Mike Newell, 1994); FULL MONTY, THE (UK/US, Robert Cattaneo, 1997); GOLAN, MENAHEM; GOLAN-GLOBUS PRODUCTIONS; GLOBUS, YORAM; GOLDCREST FILMS; GREENAWAY, PETER; JORDAN, NEIL; KILLING FIELDS, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1984); LOACH, KENNETH; MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS; MIRAMAX FILMS; PUTTNAM, DAVID; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM; WISH YOU WERE HERE (UK, David Leland, 1987); WOOLLEY, STEPHEN; WORKING TITLE Summary: "FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, NOTTING HILL, THE FULL MONTY, BRIDGET JONES' DIARY - all made in Britain, all huge successes, but none financed by British money... Walker's previous volumes, HOLLYWOOD ENGLAND and NATIONAL HEROES, covered the period until 1984. This final volume tells the inside story right up to date of why a nation that produces actors of the calibre of Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Robert Carlyle, Kate Winslet and directors such as Anthony Minghella, Sam Mendes, Stephen Frears, Neil Jordan, Peter Greenaway, Ken Loach and Guy Ritchie cannot sustain a native film industry. Walker's revelations on the iniquities of National Lottery funding of movies - over £200m to date and hardly a profitable film among those so far produced - have been headline news. Walker relates the extraordinary events of the past two decades years through the individuals, the companies and the studios." -- from book jacket (abridged) Notes: Includes introduction by Joseph Connelly, includes preface and index ISBN: 0752856103 Donation: Bruce Hodsdon Contents: Before the title: The Chinese butterfly -- 1. Alive and kicking -- 2. Self-congratulatory trumpet flourish -- 3. Cannon a go-go -- 4. The Coca-cola kid -- 5. Cannon self-destructs -- 6. Talents at work -- 7. From the depths -- 8. Contemporary and traditional -- 9. Independant struggles -- 10. Talking film finance -- 11. Just one film -- 12. Lottery promise -- 13. No rank revival -- 14. Hit the screen running -- 15. Fool's gold -- 16. Thrown away - 17. Ends and beginnings More info
journal article		Nationalising the movies : Some possible implications of the ACTT report on nationalising the British film industry in Lumiere (January/February, 1974) iss.31 p.9-11 Author: Nicholls, Rod PhysDes: Article Subject: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE; GOVERNMENT AID; INDUSTRY, FILM. UK Summary: Nicholls on nationalising the British film industry. Includes large excerts of the 'Nationalising the film industry' report released by the Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians in 1973. More info
journal article		Sir Michael : today, tomorrow and yesterday in Lumiere (March-April, 1972) iss.14 p.16-18 Author: Taylor, Max PhysDes: Article Subject: BRITISH CINEMA; BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE; GOVERNMENT AID. UK; INDUSTRY, FILM; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. UK; PRODUCTION; BALCON, MICHAEL; BERESFORD, BRUCE; OVERLANDERS, THE (UK, Harry Watt, 1946) Summary: Interview with Sir Michael Balcon on the future of films, government support of cinema, and his media consumption More info
journal article		Teaching Film : How the BFI does it in Lumiere (November, 1973) iss.29 p.33-34 Author: Barry, Graham PhysDes: Article Subject: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE Summary: Article on what the British Film Institute is doing to further teach filmmaking and film theory. More info
book		"To encourage the art of the film" : the story of the British Film Institute / Ivan Butler ; foreward by Richard Attenborough London: Robert Hale, 1971. Call No: 11(41) BUT Author: Butler, Ivan Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Robert Hale PubDate: 1971 PhysDes: 208 p., 24 plates. : illus., ports. ; 23 cm Subject: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE; BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE. PRODUCTION Summary: A history of the British Film Institute from it's inception until 1970 More info

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