Twenty British Films - Brian Mcfarlane

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Résumé :
Anyone who has loved British films will want to read this book. In choosing twenty films, many of them classics of their kind - think of Brief Encounter, The third man, Genevieve - as well as some less well-known titles, the author communicates his enthusiasm for the sheer range of British cinema as well as a keenly critical interest in what has made these films stay in the mind often after many decades and many viewings. Not that it is just a nostalgic wallow: it comes nearer to the present day with titles such as Last Orders and In the Loop and it is intended to provoke discussion as much as recollection. Though it is rigorous in conducting its 'guided tour' of these films, it does so in ways that make it accessible to anyone with a passion for cinema. You don't have to be a specialist to enjoy the tour....

Biographie:
Brian McFarlane is the editor of The Encyclopedia of British Film, and Adjunct Professor at the Swinburne Institute of Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne...

Sommaire:
Introduction 1. Ladies on a train: Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938) 2. Shaw's Cinderella on screen: Pygmalion (1938) 3. Pulling together for The Way Ahead (1944) 4. The long-lasting Brief Encounter (1945) 5. Two from the comfort zone: Great Day (1945) and Temptation Harbour (1947) 6. It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) - and other things go wrong too 7. The Third Man (1945) and several more 8. Genevieve (1953): Old cars and 'the other thing' 9. Double bill: Private Information (1952) and Cash on Demand (1963) 10. A Kind of Loving (1962) - and of living 11. The Servant (1963): things fall apart 12. Sex, talk, men and Women in Love (1969) 13. Hard men: Get Carter (1970) 14. From life: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977) 15. Alice in the real world: Dreamchild (1986) 16. Guests and others at Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 17. Families, for better and worse: Secrets and Lies (1996) 18. In search of Wonderland (1998) 19. Giving and taking Last Orders (2002) 20. In your face: In the Loop (2009) Credits Index...