A mirror for England : British movies from austerity to affluence /: British movies from austerity to affluence. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Raymond Durgnat.
• Other Names: Durgnat, Raymond
• Contents: Foreword to the 2nd Edition KEVIN GOUGH-YATES.- Introduction.- Where We Come In.- When is a British Film a British Film?.- Meaning Cut Meaning.- Critic: Judge or Accomplice?.- PART I: THE STATE OF THE NATION The British Constitution.- Good Irresolutions.- Trouble at t'Mill.- PART II: CROSS SECTIONS The Nine Lives of Colonel Blimp.- Pigs in the Middle.- Journey to the Edges of the Working-Class.- Odds and Bods.- PART III: POINTS OF VIEW Left, Right and Centre.- And so, as the Sun Sets slowly, We Bid Adieu.- Tunes of Bogey.- Gangrene-British Style.- Standing up for Jesus.- Bloody Foreigners.- PART IV: OUR GLORIOUS HERITAGE History is Bunk.- The Impotence of Being Earnest.- The Doctored Documentary.- PART V: THE AGE OF ACQUIESCENCE System as Stalemate.- Dance to your Daddy.- Stresses and Strains.- My Famous Last Word is my Bond.- God Bless Captain Vere.- Hard Conscience and Nonconformity.- The Glum and the Guilty.- Laugh and Lie Down.- Love in a Damp Climate.- The Lukewarm Life.- PART VI: ROMANTICS AND MORALISTS Between Two Worlds.- A Gothic Revival.- Terence Coloured.- Shammerteurism.- Flesh and Fantasy.- The English Moralists.- Have Scalpels-Will Travel.- Suspended Animation.- Lists.- References.- Bibliography.- Filmography.- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : British Film Institute
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (416 pages)
• Subjects: 791.430941; Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781838714239; 1838714235
• Related ISBNs: 9781844574537
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