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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2003. This first comprehensive study of British cinema of the 1950s explores the effects of social, cultural, industrial, and economic change to the film industry.
Full Description
In this definitive and long-awaited history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter draw extensively on previously unknown archive material to chart the growing rejection of post-war deference by both film-makers and cinema audiences. Competition from television and successive changes in government policy all forced the production industry to become more market-sensitive. The films produced by Rank and Ealing, many of which harked back to wartime structures of feeling, were challenged by those backed by Anglo-Amalgamated and Hammer. The latter knew how to address the rebellious feelings and growing sexual discontents of a new generation of consumers. Even the British Board of Film Censors had to adopt a more liberal attitude. The collapse of the studio system also meant that the screenwriters and the art directors had to cede creative control to a new generation of independent producers and film directors. Harper and Porter explore the effects of these social, cultural, industrial, and economic changes on 1950s British cinema.
Contents
Introduction ; 1. The Politics of Production Finance ; 2. The Rank Organisation ; 3. Ealing Studios ; 4. The Associated British Picture Company ; 5. British Lion ; 6. American-British Productions ; 7. Hammer Films ; 8. Independent Producers ; 9. Outsiders and Mavericks ; 10. Visual Style ; 11. Censorship ; 12. The Cinema Audience Responds ; Conclusion ; Appendix ; Notes and references ; Filmography ; Bibliography ; Index
