Discomfort and Joy: The Cinema of Bill Forsyth by Jonathan Murray (English) Pape

Description: Discomfort and Joy by Jonathan Murray Discomfort and Joy FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Filmmaker Bill Forsyth is one of the most important and fondly regarded of all living Scottish artists. His filmmaking career, beginning with That Sinking Feeling (1979), paved the way for the emergence of an indigenous Scottish cinema. It also established Forsyth as one of the most distinctive and original voices in late twentieth-century European film. This book offers the first integrated and comprehensive study of the directors complete œuvre. Through extended textual analysis and contextual discussion of each of Forsyths eight features, it traces the key formal and thematic characteristics of a remarkable career, one which encompasses both three-figure production budgets in Glasgow and multi-million-dollar adventures in the heart of Hollywood. The book also uses Forsyths films to explore the diverse range of film industrial contexts the director has worked within. Most importantly, it sheds light upon the hitherto under-documented zero-budget travails of 1970s Scotland and inflated expectations of early-1980s British film. Author Biography Jonathan Murray lectures in Film and Visual Culture at Edinburgh College of Art. He received his PhD in Film and Television Studies and Scottish History from the University of Glasgow and has published widely on various aspects of Scottish cinema past and present. Table of Contents Contents: Bill Forsyth – History of Scottish cinema – British cinema studies – Contemporary Scottish culture – Modern European cinema. Review "The remarkable œuvre of Scotlands most significant writer/director has had to wait a long time for the kind of serious critical engagement that it clearly deserves. [...] Painstakingly researched and thoughtfully written, Discomfort and Joy is indispensable for anyone interested in Scottish or British cinema of the last thirty years." (Professor Duncan Petrie, University of York) "Murray re-enchants us about this master filmmaker. He shows why Forsyths movies matter, and how they matter [...] one of the best books ever written about Scottish film." (Mark Cousins, filmmaker) "Murray has produced an impressively thorough guide to Forsyths films (backed up by an exhaustive fifteen page Bibliography)." (Douglas Allen, Media Education Journal 56, 2014) Review Text The remarkable oeuvre of Scotlands most significant writer/director has had to wait a long time for the kind of serious critical engagement that it clearly deserves. [...] Painstakingly researched and thoughtfully written, Discomfort and Joy is indispensable for anyone interested in Scottish or British cinema of the last thirty years. (Professor Duncan Petrie, University of York) Murray re-enchants us about this master filmmaker. He shows why Forsyths movies matter, and how they matter [...] one of the best books ever written about Scottish film. (Mark Cousins, filmmaker) Details ISBN3039113917 Author Jonathan Murray Publisher Verlag Peter Lang Year 2011 ISBN-10 3039113917 ISBN-13 9783039113910 Format Paperback Publication Date 2011-09-02 Imprint Verlag Peter Lang Subtitle The Cinema of Bill Forsyth Place of Publication Pieterlen Country of Publication Switzerland DEWEY 791.430233092 Series Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland Edition 1st Illustrations 99, ill. Short Title DISCOMFORT & JOY Language English Media Book Series Number 4 UK Release Date 2011-09-02 Pages 262 Edition Description New edition Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135243746;

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