The Cinema Of Britain And Ireland

A fresh, concise but wide-ranging introduction to and overview of British and Irish cinema, this volume contains 24 essays, each on a separate seminal film from these two important cinematic traditions. Films and documentaries from 1928 up to the present day are featured, from directors as varied as Robert Flaherty, John Boorman, Robert Hamer, Sally Potter, Neil Jordan, Jack Clayton, Terrence Davies, Thaddeus O'Sullivan and Ken Loach. As well as discussions of genre and influences, The Cinema of Britain and Ireland includes in-depth studies of films such as Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945), Room at the Top (1958), The Italian Job (1969), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), Orlando (1992) and Sweet Sixteen (2002).