Journal of British Cinema and Television – serie
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Häftad, Engelska, 2014
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When Channel 4 was launched in 1982 its policy of commissioning new feature films for television broadcast and selective cinema release marked a shift in British film culture. Widely credited with revitalising a moribund UK film industry, the initiative represented a new intervention on the part of a public service broadcaster and, in turn, redefined the place of film on television with landmark strands from Film on Four to The Eleventh Hour. Channel 4 withstood early criticism from some industry voices and controversy aroused by its broadcast film provision; in 1987 its contribution to European cinema was recognised in the accolade of the Roberto Rosselini award at the Cannes film festival. Since then the international box office successes of many Film4 titles (from My Beautiful Laundrette and The Crying Game to Four Weddings and Funeral and Slumdog Millionaire), have made Film4 synonymous with a rejuvenated national cinema and established television as a vital cornerstone of government film policy. This special issue will investigate aspects of that legacy, casting a critical eye upon received wisdom, and drawing on new archival and interview material to offer a revisionist history of the broadcaster’s rich and diverse contributions to British film culture. Indispensible to anyone with an interest in British film over the past thirty years.
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
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Exploring British society’s response to cinematic espionageThe chapters of this book explore how British society responded to cinematic and film representations of espionage from the early twentieth century to the present day. Interrogating themes like fear of fifth columns to representation of gender, nation, space and nostalgia, these essays provide commentary on how British culture has depicted this apparently murky underworld.Key Features Re-ignites ongoing debates about the relationship between British culture and espionage Considers issues of gender, politics, memory, and culturePresents fresh readings of cinematic espionage
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
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Addresses how academic historians engage with Downton Abbey and similar programmes on a personal, intellectual, and professional basisAs representations of history, period dramas perform serious work, and can be used to discuss both historical and contemporary issues (voting rights, war and trauma, reproductive rights). The contributors challenge the narrow view of period drama TV as conservative nostalgia; through sharing their experiences with these series (as consultants, bloggers and public speakers) they suggest ways in which historians can navigate the boundaries between academic and public history. Key FeaturesGives personal accounts of the ways US historians have been publicly in work on one of the most talked-about television dramasLooks at Downton Abbey from historians' perspectives, not to challenge its historical accuracy but to explore how it works as popular historyExplores the divide between public and academic historyBrings together British and American historians to help us understand how British popular culture is used and consumed in different ways