Alternative film culture in inter-war Britain

Sexton, Jamie (2008) Alternative film culture in inter-war Britain. University of Exeter Press, Exeter. ISBN 978-0859898102

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Abstract

European film culture in the inter-war period has long been celebrated for fosterign the first wave of avant-garde filmmaking. But many studies have focused upon France, Germany and the Soviet Union, ignoring the activity of the film industry in Britain. This is the first book-length study of a number of currents which opposed mainstream filmmakin and which championed film as an intellectual, modern art. It traces the growth of new apporaches to film through exhibition and writing on cinema, and looks at how this cultural formation shaped filmmaking. As such, it takes an interdisciplinary approach in which a study of independent filmmaking in this era is firmly placed within a cultural context, linking the ways in which films were presented, received and produced.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Motion pictures-Production and direction, Motion pictures-20th century, Motion pictures industry-Great Britain-20th century, Experimental films-Great Britain-20th century
Subjects:	W600 Cinematics and Photography
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Arts
Related URLs:	Library Catalogue
Depositing User:	EPrint Services
Date Deposited:	20 May 2010 14:37
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2017 08:11
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2060

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