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British Crime Cinema

Steve Chibnall, Robert Murphy
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      This text covers the genre of British crime cinema from early classics like "They Made Me A Fugitive", to acclaimed recent films such as "Face" and "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels". Bringing together work from some of the leading writers on British popular film, and including interviews with key directors Mike Hodges ("Get Carter") and Donald Cammel ("Performance"), the text follows the progress of the crime film from its first flourishing during the black market Britain of the 1940s, through the more relaxed whimsy of 50s classics like "The Lavender Hill Mob" and "The Ladykillers", to the resurgence of the gangster cult in the late sixties, and contemporary incarnations in films such as "Shallow Grave", "Shopping", and "Face". Embracing both overlooked B-movies and acknowledged classics such as "Brighton Rock" and "The Long Good Friday", contributors trace the influence of the Hollywood gangster picture on its British counterpart, discussing the effect of film censors hostility, and assessing the crime films relationship to the British New Wave. Examining the subversion of feminine stereotypes in the underworld film, the book stresses the importance of the crime film in unde
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Steve Chibnall, Robert Murphy EAN: 9780415168694 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 650 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-05-20 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Media studies

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      Steve Chibnall is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at de Montfort University, Leicester. Robert Murphy is senior Research Fellow at de Montfort University.
      This text covers the genre of British crime cinema from early classics like "They Made Me A Fugitive", to acclaimed recent films such as "Face" and "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels". Bringing together work from some of the leading writers on British popular film, and including interviews with key directors Mike Hodges ("Get Carter") and Donald Cammel ("Performance"), the text follows the progress of the crime film from its first flourishing during the black market Britain of the 1940s, through the more relaxed whimsy of 50s classics like "The Lavender Hill Mob" and "The Ladykillers", to the resurgence of the gangster cult in the late sixties, and contemporary incarnations in films such as "Shallow Grave", "Shopping", and "Face". Embracing both overlooked B-movies and acknowledged classics such as "Brighton Rock" and "The Long Good Friday", contributors trace the influence of the Hollywood gangster picture on its British counterpart, discussing the effect of film censors hostility, and assessing the crime films relationship to the British New Wave. Examining the subversion of feminine stereotypes in the underworld film, the book stresses the importance of the crime film in unde
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Steve Chibnall, Robert Murphy EAN: 9780415168694 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 650 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-05-20 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Steve Chibnall is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at de Montfort University, Leicester. Robert Murphy is senior Research Fellow at de Montfort University.

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