British Film Culture in the 1970s

The Boundaries of Pleasure

Sue Harper, Justin Smith

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Edinburgh University Press
07 May 2013

Films, movies & cinema

This volume draws a map of British film culture in the 1970s and provides a wide-ranging history of the period. It examines the cross-cultural relationship between British cinema and other media, including popular music and television. The analysis covers mainstream and experimental film cultures, identifying their production contexts and the economic, legislative and censorship constraints on British cinema throughout the decade.

The essays in Part I contextualise the study and illustrate the diversity of 1970s moving image culture. In Part II, Sue Harper and Justin Smith examine how gender relations and social space were addressed in film. They show how a shared visual manner and performance style characterises this fragmented cinema, and how irony and anxiety suffuse the whole film culture. This volume charts the shifting boundaries of permission in 1970s film culture and changes in audience taste.

This book is the culmination of an AHRC-funded project at the University of Portsmouth, For more information about '1970s British Cinema, Film and Video: Mainstream and Counter-Culture' (2006-2009) please visit the project website at www.1970sproject.co.uk.

By: Sue Harper, Justin Smith
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 508g
ISBN: 9780748681693
ISBN 10: 0748681698
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 07 May 2013
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Film Policy; 2. Censorship; 3. Artists' film and video and avant-garde practice; 4. Art Direction in British Cinema; 5. Film in Education; 6. Black Britain in film and TV; 7. Television; 8. Popular music film and youth culture; 9. Key players; 10. Boundaries and taboos; 11. Technical Innovation and visual style; 12. Audiences and reception; 13. Social Space; 14. Media crossovers; Conclusion: innovation, film culture and cultural memory.

Sue Harper is Emeritus Professor of Film History at the University of Portsmouth. Justin Smith is a Principal Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Portsmouth.

Reviews for British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure

"""'An invigorating read, bold in its scope and imaginative in its organisation and methodology...This is a study of great richness and depth, intellectually risk-taking and provocative' (Journal of British Cinema and Television)"""