British National Cinema

Sarah Street, Sarah Street (University of Bristol, UK)

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Routledge
11 August 2008

Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry

Series: National Cinemas

With films as diverse as Bhaji on the Beach, The Dam Busters, Trainspotting, The Draughtsman's Contract, Prick Up Your Ears, Ratcatcher, This Is England and Atonement, British cinema has produced wide-ranging notions of British culture, identity and nationhood. British National Cinema is a comprehensive introduction to the British film industry within an economic, political and social context.

British National Cinema analyzes the politics of film and establishes the difficult context within which British producers and directors have worked. Sarah Street questions why British film-making, production and distribution have always been subject to government apathy and financial stringency. In a comparison of Britain and Hollywood, the author asks to what extent was there a 'star system' in Britain and what was its real historical and social function. An examination of genres associated with British film, such as Ealing comedies, Hammer horror, 'heritage' films and hybrid forms, confirms the eclectic nature of British cinema. In a final evaluation of British film, she examines the existence of 'other cinemas': film-making which challenges the traditional concept of cinema and operates outside mainstream structures in order to deconstruct and replace classical styles and conventions.

Illustrated with over thirty stills from classic British films, British National Cinema provides an accessible and comprehensive exploration of the fascinating development of British cinema.

By: Sarah Street, Sarah Street (University of Bristol, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 710g
ISBN: 9780415384216
ISBN 10: 0415384214
Series: National Cinemas
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 11 August 2008
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of plates, Acknowledgements, Introduction: British national cinema, 1 The fiscal politics of film, 2 Studios, directors and genres, 3 Genres from austerity to affluence, 4 Genres in transition: 1970s to 1990s, 5 Contemporary British cinema, 6 Acting and stars, 7 Borderlines I: Modernism and British cinema, 8 Borderlines II: Counter-cinema and independence, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Subject index, Name index, Index of films and television programmes

Sarah Street is Professor of Film at the University of Bristol. She is the joint author of Cinema and State (with Margaret Dickinson, 1985) and Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s European Cinema (with Tim Bergfelder and Sue Harris, 2007), author of British Cinema in Documents (2000), Costume and Cinema (2001), Transatlantic Crossings: British Feature Films in the USA (2002) and Black Narcissus (2005). She is co-editor of Moving Performance: British Stage and Screen (with Linda Fitzsimmons, 2001), European Cinema (with Jill Forbes, 2001), The Titanic in Myth and Memory (with Tim Bergfelder, 2004) and The Queer Screen Reader (with Jackie Stacey, 2007).