British Cinema An Introduction

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An introduction to British Cinema - Jon Towlson

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An introduction to British Cinema

- Jon Towlson

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What is British Cinema?

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Kitchen Sink Realism

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Costume Drama

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Romantic Comedy

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Him?

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‘Tommy’ (1975, dir. Ken Russell)

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‘Mad Poets’ school of British Cinema

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Ken Russell

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Nicolas Roeg

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• Powell and Pressburger

Powell and Pressburger

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John Boorman

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Michael Reeves

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Terry Gilliam

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Highly personalised visual style

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Myths and adventure

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Memory/fantasy/dreams

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Dazzling editing

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‘Performance’ (1970, dirs. Nicolas Roeg/Donald Cammell)

• What are the themes of the film?

• How are the themes reflected in the visual style?

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Part of a British artistic traditioncalled English Romanticism

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Turner, Blake (painters)

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Keats, Byron, Shelley (Poets)

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Elgar - Composer

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Romanticism

• Strong emotion

• Englishness in terms of landscape, myths and legends

• Metaphysics – (‘reality goes beyond the physical world’)

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Excalibur (1981, dir. John Boorman)

• How might the clip be described as part of the Romantic tradition? Think in terms of:

- Use of landscape

- Use of music

- Use of mythology

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Music Video & Advert Directors

• Jonathan Glazer• Chris Cunningham• Tony Kaye

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Art House Directors

• Peter Greenaway (The Pillow Book)

• Sally Potter (Orlando)• Terence Davies (Of

Time and The City)

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Ridley Scott?