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Ken Loach : the politics of film and television / John Hill.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: 250 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781844572038 (pbk.)
  • 184457203X (pbk.)
  • 9781844572021 (hbk.)
  • 1844572021 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.430233092
LOC classification:
  • PN 1998.3 H645k 2011
Contents:
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 A 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 to 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.
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1998.3 H645k 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000114840

"A BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-227) and index.

Includes filmography: p. [228]-240.

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 A 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 to 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.

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.

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