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Michael Winterbottom
Brian McFarlane and Deane Williams
Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2009
ISBN: 9780719074226
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Book description
This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and
most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael
Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution
Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director has
done such impressive work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to
literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary
political significance.
The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyze the
filmmaker’s eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this
in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are
examined in the light of a long history of cinema’s dealings with realism,
as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; and Jude and The
Claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in
British cinema history) and examples of other genres reworked (the road
movie, the western).
This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will
interest all those who have followed his career as well as those with a
wide-ranging concern for British cinema.
About the author
Brian McFarlane is Honorary Associate Professor, School
of English, Communication and Performance Studies, Monash University,
Melbourne, and Visiting Professor, Film Studies, University of Hull.
Deane Williams is Senior Lecturer, Film and Television Studies,
Monash University.
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