Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

The British new wave : a certain tendency? / / B.F. Taylor



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Taylor B. F Visualizza persona
Titolo: The British new wave : a certain tendency? / / B.F. Taylor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
Disciplina: 791.430941
Soggetto topico: Motion picture industry - Great Britain
Soggetto non controllato: Billy Liar
British New Wave
British films
Kind of Loving
class
film criticism
film interpretation
gender
ideology
realism
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 9780719069086; 9780719069086; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; 1 The British New Wave:a certain tendency?; 2 From microscope to telescope: the films of Tony Richardson; 3 A cinema of surfaces: Jack Clayton's Room at the Top; 4 Major themes and minormovements: composition and repetition in John Schlesinger's Billy Liar; 5 The critical forest; 6 Straight lines and rigid readings: Arthur Seaton and the arc of flight; 7 Bodies, critics and This Sporting Life; 8 Single vessels and twisting ropes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate. By eschewing the usual tendency to view films like A Kind of Loving and The Entertainer collectively and include them in broader debates about class, gender, and ideology, this book presents a new and innovative look at this famous cycle of British films. For each film, a re-distribution of existing critical emphasis also allows the problematic relationship between these films and the question of realism to be reconsidered. Drawing upon existing sources and returning to
Titolo autorizzato: The British new wave  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78170-121-0
1-84779-193-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808311803321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui