| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 213 pages) |
| Contents |
Finishing the unfinished / San North -- Rome-on-the-Colne: the aborting of I, Claudius / Brian McFarlane -- An involuntary memory?: Joseph Losey, Harold Pinter, and Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu / Paul Newland and Gavrik Losey -- American vampires in Britain: Richard Matheson's I am legend and Hammer's The night creatures / Peter Hutchings -- Transparency and illusion: the unrealised films of Bill Douglas / Duncan Petrie -- Missing boxes: the unmade films of Sydney Box, 1940-67 / Andrew Spicer -- "To get things done ..." Jarman, Bowie and Neutron / Raymond Armstrong -- Hooray for Hollywood?: the unmade films of Lindsay Anderson / Karl Magee -- The sea (1962): James Scott's unfinished Woodfall film / Katerina Loukopoulou -- Don Boyd's Gossip / Dan North -- The mysterious case of the house-breaker, the thief-taker general, and the national lottery / James Caterer |
| Summary |
Many British films never make it to the screen. Obstacles of finance, censorship, distribution or creative breakdown can appear in their way, and they might even fail to get beyond the script stage. This book collects new essays by leading scholars that u |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
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Unfinished films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Motion pictures
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Unfinished films
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847184269 |
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184718426X |
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9781443806336 |
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1443806331 |
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1282190210 |
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9781282190214 |
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