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Product Identifiers
PublisherBfi Publishing
ISBN-101844572021
ISBN-139781844572021
eBay Product ID (ePID)99592840
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameKen Loach : the Politics of Film and Television
Publication Year2011
SubjectFilm / General, Television / History & Criticism, Criticism & Theory, Film / History & Criticism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt, Performing Arts
AuthorJohn Hill
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight21.5 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Reviews'Not only offers a detailed critical study of virtually Loach's entire output from the now-lost BBC play Catherine (1964) to his most recent feature Route Irish (2010), but also explores the internal and external politics governing their production and reception, in often fascinating detail... [This is] clearly the most important addition to Loach scholarship since Graham Fuller's book-length 1998 interview Loach on Loach.' - Michael Brooke, Sight & Sound 'Hill's definitive study of Loach's television and film production from the mid-1960s to the present combines first-rate primary research with insightful thematic analysis to situate the director and his work within the political, institutional, and artistic contexts that gave the work form.' - CHOICE, Hill's definitive study of Loach's television and film production from the mid-1960s to the present combines first-rate primary research with insightful thematic analysis to situate the director and his work within the political, institutional, and artistic contexts that gave the work form., "Not only offers a detailed critical study of virtually Loach's entire output from the now-lost BBC play Catherine (1964) to his most recent feature Route Irish (2010), but also explores the internal and external politics governing their production and reception, in often fascinating detail... [This is] clearly the most important addition to Loach scholarship since Graham Fuller's book-length 1998 interview Loach on Loach" --Sight& Sound, Michael Brooke "Hill's definitive study of Loach's television and film production from the mid-1960s to the present combines first-rate primary research with insightful thematic analysis to situate the director and his work within the political, institutional, and artistic contexts that gave the work form." --CHOICE, Not only offers a detailed critical study of virtually Loach's entire output from the now-lost BBC play Catherine (1964) to his most recent feature Route Irish (2010), but also explores the internal and external politics governing their production and reception, in often fascinating detail... [This is] clearly the most important addition to Loach scholarship since Graham Fuller's book-length 1998 interview Loach on Loach
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.430233092
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements.- Introduction.- Towards 'a new drama for television': Diary of a Young Man and The End of Arthur's Marriage.- 'Urgently contemporary and socially relevant': From Tap on the Shoulder to Up the Junction.- Blurring 'the distinction between fact and fiction': Cathy Come Home, In Two Minds and The Golden Vision.- 'The play of political advocacy': The Big Flame and The Rank and File.- From Television into Film: Poor Cow, Kes and Family Life.- 'This is our history': Days of Hope.- 'The UK's pre-eminent arthouse director': from television censorship to 'art cinema'.- 'It's a Free World': Social Change and Class from Riff-Raff to Looking For Eric.- What Might Have Been: Land and Freedom and The Wind that Shakes the Barley.- Select Bibliography.- Filmography.- Index.
SynopsisJohn Hill's definitive study looks at the career and work of British director Ken Loach. From his early television work ( Cathy Come Home ) through to landmark films ( Kes ) and examinations of British society ( Looking For Eric ) this landmark study reveals Loach as one of the great European directors., John Hill's definitive study looks at the career and work of British director Ken Loach. From his early television work (Cathy Come Home) through to landmark films (Kes) and examinations of British society (Looking For Eric) this landmark study reveals Loach as one of the great European directors.