British cinema of the 1950s [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration / / edited by Ian MacKillop and Neil Sinyard

• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press; New York, : Distributed exclusively in the U.S.A. by Palgrave, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 791.43/0941/09045
• Soggetto topico: Motion pictures - Great Britain - History
• Altri autori: MacKillopI. D (Ian Duncan) SinyardNeil
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements --A 1950's timeline --Celebrating British cinema of the 1950's --Critics --Mirroring England --Painfully squalid? - Adaptability --Personal views --Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Offers a startling re-evaluation of what has until now been seen as the most critically lacklustre period of the British film history. Covers a variety of genres, such as B-movies, war films, women's pictures and theatrical adaptations; as well as social issues which affect film-making, such as censorship. Includes fresh assessment of maverick directors; Pat Jackson, Robert Hamer and Joseph Losey, and even of a maverick critic Raymond Durgnat. Features personal insights from those individually implicated in 1950's cinema; Corin Redgrave on Michael Redgrave, Isabel Quigly on film reviewing, and Bryony Dixon of the BFI on archiving and preservation. Presents a provocative challenge to conventional wisdom about 1950's film and rediscovers the Festival of Britain decade.
• Titolo autorizzato: British cinema of the 1950s
• ISBN: 1-280-73446-9; 9786610734467; 1-84779-030-5; 1-4175-7643-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783230603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II