| Description |
1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
British Popular Cinema |
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British popular cinema.
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| Contents |
Parole overdue : releasing the British crime film into the critical community / Steve Chibnall and Robert Murphy -- The censors and British gangland, 1913-1990 / James C. Robertson -- Spin a dark web / Tim Pulleine -- Outrage : No orchids for Miss Blandish / Brian McFarlane -- Men, women and money : masculinity in crisis in the British professional crime film 1946-1965 / Andrew Clay -- The higher heel : women and the post-war British crime film / Viv Chadder -- The emergence of the British tough guy : Stanley Baker, masculinity and the crime thriller / Andrew Spicer -- Ordinary people : 'New wave' realism and the British crime film 1959-1963 / Steve Chibnall -- Performance : interview with Donald Cammell / Jon Savage -- Mike Hodges discusses Get Carter with the NFT audience, 23 September 1997 -- A revenger's tragedy -- Get Carter / Robert Murphy -- Dog eat dog : The squeeze and the Sweeney films / Leon Hunt -- Space in the British crime film / Charlotte Brunsdon -- Allegorising the nation : British gangster films of the 1980s / John Hill -- From underworld to underclass : crime and British cinema in the 1990s / Claire Monk |
| Summary |
Annotation 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 Rockand The Long Good Friday* 50s seminal works including The Lavender Hill Moband The Ladykillers |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages 189-241 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gangster films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Gangster films
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Motion pictures
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chibnall, Steve.
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Murphy, Robert, 1947-
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| LC no. |
98049739 |
| ISBN |
9780203979914 |
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0203979915 |
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9780415168694 |
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0415168694 |
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9780415168700 |
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0415168708 |
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9786610139026 |
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6610139024 |
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1134702701 |
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9781134702701 |
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1280139021 |
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9781280139024 |
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1134702698 |
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9781134702695 |
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