Fires Were Started: British Cinema and Thatcherism by Lester D. Friedman

Description: Fires Were Started is a provocative analysis of the responses of British film to the policies and political ideology of the Conservative governments of Margaret Thatcher and it represents an original and stimulating contribution to our knowledge of British cinema. This second edition includes revised and updated contributions from some of the leading scholars of British cinema, including Thomas Elsaesser, Peter Wollen and Manthia Diawara. The book discuss prominent filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway, Derek Jarman, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg and Stephen Frears, it also explores some lesser known but equally important territory such as the work of Black British filmmakers, the Leeds Animation Workshop and Channel 4's Film on Four. Films discussed include Distant Voices, Still Lives, My Beautiful Launderette, Chariots of Fire and Drowning by Numbers. Edited by Lester Friedman

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EAN: 9781904764717

UPC: 9781904764717

ISBN: 9781904764717

MPN: N/A

Item Length: 23.2 cm

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Films of Fact-British Cinema and Thatcherism

Publisher: Wall Flower Jeans Press

Publication Year: 2007

Subject: Government

Item Height: 238 mm

Item Weight: 656 g

Type: Textbook

Author: Lester Friedman

Series: Film and Media Studies

Item Width: 167 mm

Format: Paperback