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 Rock and The Long Good Friday * 50s seminal works including The Lavender Hill Mob and The Ladykillers.
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 Rock and The Long Good Friday * 50s seminal works including The Lavender Hill Mob and The Ladykillers.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Steve Chibnall is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at de Montfort University, Leicester. Robert Murphy is senior Research Fellow at de Montfort University.
Inhaltsangabe
List if illustrations Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Parole overdue: releasing the British crime film into the critical community Chapter 2: The censors and British gangland 1913-1990 Chapter 3: Spin a dark web Chapter 4: Outrage: No Orchids for Miss Blandish Chapter 5: Men women and money: masculinity in crisis in the British professional crime film 1946-1965 Chapter 6: The higher heel: women and the post-war British crime film Chapter 7: The emergence of the British tough guy: Stanley Baker masculinity and the crime thriller Chapter 8: Ordinary people: 'New Wave' realism and the British crime film 1959-1963 Chapter 9: Performance: interview with Donald Cammell Chapter 10: Mike Hodges discusses Get Carter with the NFT audience 23 September 1997 Chapter 11: A revenger's tragedy - Get Carter Chapter 12: Dog eat dog: The Squeeze and the Sweeney films Chapter 13: Space in the British crime film Chapter 14: Allegorising the nation: British gangster films of the 1980s Chapter 15: From underworld to underclass: crime and British cinema in the 1990s A filmography of British underworld films 1939-1997 Index
List if illustrations Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Parole overdue: releasing the British crime film into the critical community Chapter 2: The censors and British gangland 1913-1990 Chapter 3: Spin a dark web Chapter 4: Outrage: No Orchids for Miss Blandish Chapter 5: Men women and money: masculinity in crisis in the British professional crime film 1946-1965 Chapter 6: The higher heel: women and the post-war British crime film Chapter 7: The emergence of the British tough guy: Stanley Baker masculinity and the crime thriller Chapter 8: Ordinary people: 'New Wave' realism and the British crime film 1959-1963 Chapter 9: Performance: interview with Donald Cammell Chapter 10: Mike Hodges discusses Get Carter with the NFT audience 23 September 1997 Chapter 11: A revenger's tragedy - Get Carter Chapter 12: Dog eat dog: The Squeeze and the Sweeney films Chapter 13: Space in the British crime film Chapter 14: Allegorising the nation: British gangster films of the 1980s Chapter 15: From underworld to underclass: crime and British cinema in the 1990s A filmography of British underworld films 1939-1997 Index
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