| Lindsay Anderson Revisited: Unknown Aspects of a Film Director 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Hedling, Erik (Editor), Dupin, Christophe (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1137539429 ISBN-13: 9781137539427 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Individual Director - Performing Arts | Television - Direction & Production |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2016938717 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (1.00 lbs) 227 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is about the British film-maker Lindsay Anderson. Anderson was a highly influential personality within British cinema, mostly famous for landmark films like This Sporting Life (1963) and If....(1968). Lindsay Anderson Revisited deals primarily with hitherto unexplored aspects of his career: his biographical background in the British upper class, his devoted film criticism, and his angry relationship to contemporary society in general. Thus, the book contains chapters about his childhood in India, his writings about John Ford, his relationship to French star Serge Reggiani, his work on TV in the 1950s, his troubles with the British film establishment, and his gradually emerging preoccupation with being Scottish, not English. Also featured are chapters written by close friends of Anderson, who died in 1994, dwelling on his penchant for controversy and quarrel, but also on his remarkable artistic talent and commitment. |