Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema
Over half a century on, the 1960s continue to generate strong intellectual and emotional responses - both positive and negative - and this is no less true in the arena of film. Making substantial use of new and underexplored archive resources that provide a wealth of information and insight on the period in question, this book offers a fresh perspective on the major resurgence of creativity and international appeal experienced by British cinema in that dramatic decade.

Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema is the first scholarly volume on this period of British cinema for more than twenty-five years. It provides a major reconsideration of the period by focusing on the central tensions and contradiction between novelty/revolution and continuity/tradition during what remains a highly contentious period of cultural production and consumption.
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Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema
Over half a century on, the 1960s continue to generate strong intellectual and emotional responses - both positive and negative - and this is no less true in the arena of film. Making substantial use of new and underexplored archive resources that provide a wealth of information and insight on the period in question, this book offers a fresh perspective on the major resurgence of creativity and international appeal experienced by British cinema in that dramatic decade.

Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema is the first scholarly volume on this period of British cinema for more than twenty-five years. It provides a major reconsideration of the period by focusing on the central tensions and contradiction between novelty/revolution and continuity/tradition during what remains a highly contentious period of cultural production and consumption.
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Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema

Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema

Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema

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Over half a century on, the 1960s continue to generate strong intellectual and emotional responses - both positive and negative - and this is no less true in the arena of film. Making substantial use of new and underexplored archive resources that provide a wealth of information and insight on the period in question, this book offers a fresh perspective on the major resurgence of creativity and international appeal experienced by British cinema in that dramatic decade.

Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema is the first scholarly volume on this period of British cinema for more than twenty-five years. It provides a major reconsideration of the period by focusing on the central tensions and contradiction between novelty/revolution and continuity/tradition during what remains a highly contentious period of cultural production and consumption.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781474423113
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 05/08/2019
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Farmer is Lecturer in Film and Media, University of East Anglia.

Laura Mayne is Associate Lecturer, Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York.

Duncan Petrie is Professor of Film and Television and Head of Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York.

Melanie Williams is Reader in Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Duncan Petrie and Melanie Williams

PART ONE: STRUCTURES AND COMPANIES
Chapter 1: Distribution and Production: The British Majors, Duncan Petrie
Chapter 2: American Involvement in UK Production, Duncan Petrie
Chapter 3: Public Support in a Changing Climate, Duncan Petrie
Chapter 4: The Vertically Integrated Independent, Laura Mayne
Chapter 5: Low Budget Independent Production, Laura Mayne

PART TWO: CREATIVE AGENCY
Chapter 6: Screenwriting, Melanie Williams
Chapter 7: Directing, Melanie Williams
Chapter 8: Production Design, Melanie Williams
Chapter 9: Costume Design, Melanie Williams
Chapter 10: Cinematography, Duncan Petrie and Melanie Williams
Chapter 11: Editing, Melanie Williams

PART THREE: MEDIA CONVERGENCE
Chapter 12: Film and Television, Richard Farmer
Chapter 13: Film and TV Advertising, Richard Farmer
Chapter 14: Film and Pop Music, Richard Farmer

Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography

What People are Saying About This

Scholarly and authoritative, yet lucid and intelligible, this is a timely new assessment of British cinema's most vibrant decade. The authors' collective approach provides valuable insights which demonstrate there was much more to 60s film culture than the Beatles and Bond. Undoubtedly one of the most important contributions to British cinema history of recent times.

Professor James Chapman: editor of the Historical Journal of Film

Scholarly and authoritative, yet lucid and intelligible, this is a timely new assessment of British cinema's most vibrant decade. The authors' collective approach provides valuable insights which demonstrate there was much more to 60s film culture than the Beatles and Bond. Undoubtedly one of the most important contributions to British cinema history of recent times.

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