1st Edition

British Cinema, Past and Present

Edited By Justine Ashby, Andrew Higson Copyright 2000
408 Pages
by Routledge

408 Pages
by Routledge

408 Pages
by Routledge

British Cinema: Past and Present responds to the commercial and critical success of British film in the 1990s. Providing a historical perspective to the contemporary resurgence of British cinema, this unique anthology brings together leading international scholars to investigate the rich diversity of British film production, from the early sound period of the 1930s to the present day. The... Read more
List of plates and table Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction 1. Re-framing British Cinema Studies 2. The Distribution and Reception of British Films Abroad 3. Cinema, Popular Culture and the Middlebrow 4. Authorship and Agency 5. Genres, Movements and Cycles 6. Contemporary Cinema 1: Britain's Other Communities 7. Contemporary Cinema 2: Whose Heritage?

Biography

Justine Ashby is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia. Andrew Higson is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of East Anglia.

'There is good material here on contemporary cinema as well as excellent insights into aspects of British cinema history.' - In The Picture

'A cornerstone for courses on national cinema.' - Sight and Sound

'There is much to chew over in this approachable collection of pieces.' - Film Review