British Cinema in the 1950s: A Celebration (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719064890)

Offers a startling re-evaluation of what has until now been seen as the most critically lacklustre period of the British film history. Covers a variety of genres, such as B-movies, war films, women's pictures and theatrical adaptations; as well as social issues which affect film-making, such as censorship. Includes fresh assessment of maverick directors; Pat Jackson, Robert Hamer and Joseph Losey, and even of a maverick critic Raymond Durgnat. Features personal insights from those inidividually implicated in 1950s cinema; Corin Redgrave on Michael Redgrave, Isabel Quigly on film reviewing, and Bryony Dixon of the BFI on archiving and preservation. Presents a provocative challenge to conventional wisdom about 1950s film and rediscovers the Festival of Britain decade.

Author: Ian MacKillop
ISBN-10: 0719064899
ISBN-13: 9780719064890
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2003
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.48h x 6.34w x 0.80d