Contemporary British Cinema

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-905674-71-8
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 207 mm, Gewicht: 258 g

Reihe: Short Cuts

This volume offers a detailed and comprehensive analysis of British film culture from 1997 to the present. Using a wide range of films from the Blair era and beyond as case studies& mdash;from from Notting Hill (1999) and Billy Elliot (2000) to 28 Days Later (2002) and The Queen (2006)& mdash;it examines the ways in which recent British filmmaking might be regarded as distinctive, relevant and successful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leggott, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

James Leggott is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Northumbria University. He has published on various aspects of British film and television culture, and is a contributor to The Trouble With Men: Masculinities in European and Hollywood Cinema (2004).