British National Cinema (National Cinemas) [Hardcover]

Sarah Street (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415067359 | ISBN-13: 978-0415067355 | Publication Date: March 28, 1997 | Edition: 1

The first substantial overview of the British film industry with emphasis on its genres, stars, and socioeconomic context, British National Cinema by Sarah Street is an important title in Routledge's new National Cinemas series. British National Cinema synthesizes years of scholarship on British film while incorporating the author' fresh perspective and research. Street divides the study of British cinema into four sections: the relation between the film industry and government; specific film genres; movie stars; and experimental cinema. In addition, this beautifully illustrated volume includes over thirty stills from every sphere of British cinema. British National Cinema will be of great interest to film students and theorists as well as the general reader interested in the fascinating scope of British film.

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'An easy overview of British cinematic history.' - CHOICE --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Sarah Street is a Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Bristol.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (March 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415067359
• ISBN-13: 978-0415067355
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: British National Cinema (National Cinemas) (Paperback)

This book has no higher mission than to keep its nose clean: it has no argument, no vision of British cinema, just a lot of fashionable covering-of-bases to protect its vacuity. When it stoops to an actual film, the reading is staggeringly flat. I suppose it is meant to be sold to undergraduates somewhere or other, but need they be treated so demeaningly?