
Jan-09
456 pp
Published/distributed by BFI published by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN/EAN: 9781844572755
Paperback
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British Cinema Book, The: 3rd Ed
Murphy, Robert (ed)
The new edition of 'The British Cinema Book' has been fully revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to British cinema.
Individual articles by leading film scholars are grouped in historical and thematic sections encompassing the history, key debates and genres in British cinema from 1895 to the present. New case studies in this edition include Piccadilly (1929), The Ladykillers (1955), This Sporting Life (1963), Withnail and I (1986) and Casino Royale (2006), and the new edition is beautifully illustrated with more than 100 images.
With contributions by: Ian Aitken, Charles Barr, Geoff Brown, William Brown, Stella Bruzzi, Jon Burrows, James Chapman, Steve Chibnall, Pamela Church Gibson, Ian Conrich, Richard Dacre, Raymond Durgnat, Allen Eyles, Christine Geraghty, Christine Gledhill, Kevin Gough-Yates, Sheldon Hall, Benjamin Halligan, Sue Harper, Erik Hedling, Andrew Hill, John Hill, Peter Hutchings, Nick James, Marcia Landy, Barbara Korte, Alan Lovell, Brian McFarlane, Martin McLoone, Andrew Moor, Robert Murphy, Lawrence Napper, Michael O'Pray, Jim Pines, Vincent Porter, Tim Pulleine, Jeffrey Richards, James C. Robertson, Tom Ryall, Justin Smith, Andrew Spicer, Claudia Sternberg, Sarah Street and Melanie Williams.
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