1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784584903321

Titolo

British crime cinema / / edited by Steve Chibnall and Robert Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

9780203979914

0203979915

9781134702695

1134702698

9781134702701

1134702701

9781280139024

1280139021

9786610139026

6610139024

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations

Collana

British Popular Cinema series

Disciplina

791.43/655

Soggetti

Gangster films - Great Britain - History and criticism

Motion pictures - Great Britain - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Filmography: pages 195-241.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Parole overdue; 2 The censors and British gangland, 1913-1990; 3  Spin a dark web; 4 Outrage: No Orchids For Miss Blandish; 5 Men, women and money; 6 The higher heel; 7 The emergence of the British tough guy; 8 Ordinary people; 9 Performance; 10 Mike Hodges discusses Get Carter with the NFT audience, 23 September 1997; 11 A revenger's tragedy Get Carter; 12 Dog eat dog; 13 Space in the British crime film; 14 Allegorising the nation; 15 From underworld to underclass; Filmography, 1939-1997; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first substantial study of British cinema's most neglected genre. Bringing together original work from some of the leading writers on British popular film, this book includes interviews with key directors



Mike Hodges (Get Carter) and Donald Cammel (Performance). It discusses an abundance of films including:* acclaimed recent crime films such as Shallow Grave, Shopping, and Face.* early classics like They Made Me A Fugitive* acknowledged classics such as Brighton Rock and The Long Good Friday* 50

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715064303321

Titolo

Access to the California Desert Conservation District : oversight field hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands of the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, Monday, August 18, 2003, in San Diego, California

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 102 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Desert resources development - California

Desert conservation - California

Public lands - California

California Desert National Conservation Area (Calif.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia