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Call No: 633.3 (41)
Author: Hockenhull, Stella
Source: UK
Place: London, UK ; New York, NY.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
PubDate: 2014
PhysDes: ix, 236 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject: BRITISH CINEMA; AESTHETICS; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS; REALISM IN FILMS; ART AND THE CINEMA; EMOTION IN FILMS; SWEET SIXTEEN (UK/GG/SP, Kenneth Loach, 2002); LADIES IN LAVENDER (UK, Charles Dance, 2004); MISS POTTER (UK/US, Chris Noonan, 2006); LONDON TO BRIGHTON (UK, Paul Andrew Williams, 2006); WAR ZONE, THE (UK, Tim Roth, 1999); RATCATCHER (UK, Lynne Ramsey, 1999); CHILDREN OF MEN (JA/UK/US, Alfonso Cuaron, 2006); [TWENTY-EIGHT] 28 DAYS LATER (UK/US, Danny Boyle, 2002); MAGDALENE SISTERS, THE (UK, Peter Mullan, 2002); NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS (UK, Pratibha Parmar, 2006); LAST RESORT, THE (UK, Pawel Pawlikowski, 2000); MY SUMMER OF LOVE (UK, Paul Pawlikowski, 2004); QUEEN, THE (UK/IT/FR, Stephen Frears, 2006)
Summary: "The contemporary study of film is dominated by narrative theory - yet films include scenes and images which do not perform a narrative task but nevertheless provoke an emotional response.Stella Hockenhull looks at the painterly dimensions inherent in the medium of film, arguing that an aesthetic analysis enables a fuller appreciation of the visual 'spectacle' of cinema. In a reading of the formal aspects in film imagery in contemporary British films spanning social realist, melodrama and horror genres, Hockenhull demonstrates how the spiritual aspects of landscape and nature mobilise a Neo-Romantic effect. She traces the influence of Romanticism and notions of the Sublime in key British films including 'Sweet Sixteen', 'The Queen', 'Ratcatcher', 'Eden Lake', '28 Days Later', 'My Summer of Love' and 'The Last Great Wilderness'. Operating at the intersection between film theory, art theory and aesthetics, this is a vital contribution which enables a fuller, multidimensional understanding of cinematic experience." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781848859012
Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2014

Call No: 45:355 ALD
Author: Aldgate, Anthony; Richards, Jeffrey
Source: UK
Place: Oxford
Publisher: Basil Blackwell
PubDate: 1986
PhysDes: 312 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Subject: WORLD WAR II AND THE CINEMA; WORLD WAR II FILMS. UK; BRITISH CINEMA; WAR AND THE CINEMA
Summary: "The authors demonstrate how cinema played a vital role in sustaining the morale of the British people during the eventful years of 1935-1945" - BOOK BLURB "The analysis of each film, including consideration of scripts, reviews and box office returns, places each fim in its wider social and political context by drawing upon a mass of official documentation - Home Intelligence reports, Mass-observation files, Ministry of Information papers, British Board of Film Censors archives - which sheds light on the relationship between the official propagandists and film-makers during this momenteous period of British history" - BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes index.; Filmography: p. [299]-305.
ISBN: 0 631 13549 9
Contents: Acknowledgments -- 1: The British cinema during the second world war -- 2: Why we fight: 49th parallel -- 3: The Englishman's Englishman: Pimpernel Smith -- 4: Raise a laugh: Let George do it -- 5: 'Careless Talk Costs Lives': The next of kin -- 6: 'If the invader comes': Went the day well? -- 7: Mobilizing the past: the young Mr Pitt -- 8: Signs of the times: Thunder Rock -- 9: Naval Cavalcade: In which we serve -- 10: England, their England: Fires were started -- 11: The war the documentaries won: Western approaches -- 12: Our American cousins: the way to the stars -- Filmography -- Index

Author: Hodgson, Clive
PhysDes: Article
Subject: BRITISH CINEMA; NATIONAL FILM THEATRE PROGRAM; ALAN BUSH: A LIFE (UK, Anna Ambrose, 1983)
Notes: Short credits and synopses for each film in program. - illustration

Author: Thoms, Albie
PhysDes: Article
Subject: BRITISH CINEMA; UNDERGROUND FILMS; DWOSKIN, STEPHEN; GIDAL, PETER; LARCHER, DAVID; LE GRICE, MALCOLM; LEGGETT, MIKE; SCHNEEMANN, CAROLEE; KEEN, JEFF
Summary: A discussion of British Underground films and the decline of the industry as part of a series of articles on European Underground cinema. Includes work by filmmakers including Stephen Dwoskin, Malcolm Legrice, David Larcher, Peter Gidal, Mike Leggett and Ian Breakwell, Carolee Schneemann and Jeff Keen.
Notes: First in this series of articles appears in Lumiere No. 11 p.37-39

Call No: 71(410) DIR
Author: Mitchell, Neil (ed.)
Source: UK
Place: Bristol, UK
Publisher: Intellect Books
PubDate: 2015
PhysDes: 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series: Directory of World Cinema
Subject: BRITISH CINEMA; BRITAIN; FAMILY IN FILMS; WAR IN FILMS
Summary: "The first volume of the Directory of World Cinema: Britain provided an overview of British cinema from its earliest days to the present. In this, the second volume, the contributors focus on specific periods and trace the evolutions of individual genres and directors. The book offers essays on war and family films, as well as on LGBT cinema and representations of disability in British films." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and filmography
ISBN: 9781783203970
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Film of the Year: The Selfish Giant (2013) -- Disability In British Cinema -- Industrial Spotlight; The British Film Institute -- Cultural Crossover; British LGBT Cinema -- On Location; Manchester --Directors / Ben Wheatley; Gurinder Chadha; Ken Russell; Danny Boyle -- Comedy -- Crime -- Documentary -- Horror -- Short Films -- Science Fiction -- Social Realism -- War -- Musicals -- Family Films -- Arthouse -- Heritage -- Recommended Reading -- British Cinema Online -- Test Your Knowledge -- Notes On Contributors -- Filmography

Call No: 408.1(41) HUN
Author: Hunter, Jefferson
Source: US
Place: Bloomington IN
Publisher: Indiana University Press
PubDate: c2010
PhysDes: xii, 357 p. ; 23 cm
Subject: ADAPTATIONS; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES; ADAPTATIONS. ORWELL, GEORGE; BRITISH CINEMA; CRIME DRAMAS; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD WAR II AND THE CINEMA; WORLD WAR II FILMS. UK; BRIEF ENCOUNTER (UK, David Lean, 1945); CANTERBURY TALE, A (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1944); LISTEN TO BRITAIN (UK, Humphrey Jennings/Stewart McAllister, 1942); LOOK BACK IN ANGER (UK, Tony Richardson, 1959); REMAINS OF THE DAY, THE (UK/US, James Ivory, 1993); SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986)
Summary: "Jefferson Hunter examines English films and television dramas as they relate to English culture in the twentieth century. He traces themes such as the influence of US crime drama on English film, and film adaptations of literary works as they appear in screen work from the 1930s to the present. A Canterbury Tale and the documentary Listen to Britain are analyzed in the context of village pageants and other wartime explorations of Englishness at risk. English crime dramas are set against the writings of George Orwell, while a famous line from Noel Coward also leads to a discussion of music and image in works including Brief Encounter and Look Back in Anger. Screen adaptation is also broached in analyses of the 1985 BBC version of Dickens's Bleak House and Merchant-Ivory's The Remains of the Day." - BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes notes and index
ISBN: 9780253221773

Call No: 210.4 IND
Author: Baltruschat, Doris (ed.); Erickson, Mary P. (ed.)
Source: US
Place: Toronto
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
PubDate: c2015
PhysDes: xii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject: FILMMAKING; INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS; INDEPENDENT FILMS; INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION; INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS; DIRECTORS; PRODUCERS; CRITICISM; EUROPEAN CINEMA; BRITISH CINEMA; UNITED KINGDOM; AUSTRALIA; PERU; GREECE; TURKEY; IRAQ; CITY OF SADNESS, A [; AFRICA; MALAYSIA; CANADA; USA
Summary: "Independent Filmmaking around the Globe calls attention to the significant changes taking place in independent cinema today, as new production and distribution technology and shifting social dynamics make it easier for independent filmmakers to produce films outside both the mainstream global film industry and their own national film systems. Identifying and analyzing the many complex forces that shape the production and distribution of feature films, the authors detail how independent filmmakers create work that reflects independent voices and challenges political, economic, and cultural constraints. With chapters on the under-explored cinemas of Greece, Turkey, Iraq, China, Malaysia, Peru, and West Africa, as well as traditional production centres such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, Independent Filmmaking around the Globe explores how contemporary independent filmmaking increasingly defines the global cinema of our time." -- TAKEN FROM FIRST PAGE OF BOOK
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and filmography
ISBN: 9781442626836
Donation: Senses of Cinema
Contents: -- foreword: producing independently in global industry / David Hamilton -- ackowledgments -- 1.The Meaning of Independence: Concepts, Contexts, and Interpretations / Mary P. Erickson -- pt. One Independent Film vis-a-vis the Local and Global Mainstream -- 2.An Increasingly Global Presence: Contemporary American Independent Cinema outside the United States / Yannis Tzioumakis -- 3.European Union Initiatives for Independent Filmmakers across Europe / Teresa Hoefert de Turegano -- 4.Dependency and Independence in British Independent Film / Erik Knudsen -- 5.From Aussiewood Movies to Guerrilla Filmmaking: Independent Filmmaking and Contemporary Australian Cinema / Mark David Ryan -- 6.Independent Filmmaking in the Peruvian Context: Seeking Meaning / Gabriela Martinez -- pt. Two The Meaning of Independence in Regions of Conflict and Change -- 7.In the Shadow of the Studios, the State, and the Multiplexes: Independent Filmmaking in Greece / Lydia Papadimitriou -- 8.Turkish Independent Cinema: Between Bourgeois Auteurism and Political Radicalism / Murat Akser -- 9.Filmmaking in Iraq: A Rebirth / Mary P. Erickson -- 10.The Grassroots Perspective: Sixth Generation Cinema and Independent Filmmaking in China / Hongwei Lu -- 11.Independent Filmmaking in Africa: New Voices and Challenges / Martin Mhando -- pt. Three Digital Media and the Independent Voice -- 12.Syiok Sendiri? Independent Filmmaking in Malaysia / Gaik Cheng Khoo -- 13.Independent Filmmaking in the Canadian Arctic / Doris Baltruschat -- 14.Digital Video Films as "Independent" African Cinema / Sheila Petty -- glossary -- filmography -- bibliography -- contributors --

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

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; BRITISH CINEMA
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: BRITISH CINEMA
Summary: Book reviw of Brian McFarlane's TWENTY BRITISH FILMS: A GUIDED TOUR