| A Life in 16 Films: How Cinema Made a Playwright Contributor(s): Waters, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350205222 ISBN-13: 9781350205222 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - General - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2022363140 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.83 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Steve Waters examines how the very idea of film has defined him as a playwright and a person in this book. Through the the lens of cinema, it provides a cultural and political snapshot of life in Britain from the 2nd part of the 20th century up to the present day. The films spanning almost a century, starting with The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) and moving most recently to Dark Waters (2019), each chapter examines aspects of Waters's journey from his working-class Midlands upbringing to working in professional theatre to living through the Covid epidemic, through the prism of a particular film. From The Wizard of Oz to Code Unknown, from sci-fi to documentary, from queer cinema to world cinema, this honest, comic book offers a view of film as a way of thinking about how we live. In doing so, it illuminates culture and politics in the UK over half a century and provides an intimate insight into drama and writing. |