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Fires Were Started: British Cinema and Thatcherism

Fires Were Started: British Cinema and Thatcherism

Lester D. Friedman
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"Fires Were Started" is a provocative analysis of the responses of British film to the policies and political ideology of the Conservative governments of Margaret Thatcher and it represents an original and stimulating contribution to our knowledge of British cinema. This second edition includes revised and updated contributions from some of the leading scholars of British cinema, including Thomas Elsaesser, Peter Wollen and Manthia Diawara. The book discuss prominent filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway, Derek Jarman, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg and Stephen Frears, it also explores some lesser known but equally important territory such as the work of Black British filmmakers, the Leeds Animation Workshop and Channel 4's Film on Four. Films discussed include "Distant Voices, Still Lives," "My Beautiful Launderette," "Chariots of Fire" and "Drowning by Numbers."
Language
English
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Wallflower Press
Release
January 02, 2007
ISBN
190476472X
ISBN 13
9781904764724

Fires Were Started: British Cinema and Thatcherism

Lester D. Friedman
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
"Fires Were Started" is a provocative analysis of the responses of British film to the policies and political ideology of the Conservative governments of Margaret Thatcher and it represents an original and stimulating contribution to our knowledge of British cinema. This second edition includes revised and updated contributions from some of the leading scholars of British cinema, including Thomas Elsaesser, Peter Wollen and Manthia Diawara. The book discuss prominent filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway, Derek Jarman, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg and Stephen Frears, it also explores some lesser known but equally important territory such as the work of Black British filmmakers, the Leeds Animation Workshop and Channel 4's Film on Four. Films discussed include "Distant Voices, Still Lives," "My Beautiful Launderette," "Chariots of Fire" and "Drowning by Numbers."
Language
English
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Wallflower Press
Release
January 02, 2007
ISBN
190476472X
ISBN 13
9781904764724

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