Description for Alan Clarke
Paperback. The first full-length critical study of Alan Clarke, one of Britain's greatest auteur directors which examines the full range of Clarke's work, and goes beyond the violent image garnered from work like 'Scum' and 'The Firm'. Series Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Cardwell, Sarah; Peacock, Steven. Series: The Television Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play Scum, and his study of football hooliganism, The Firm. This book uncovers the full range of his work from the mythic fantasy of Penda's Fen, to the radical short film on terrorism, Elephant.
Dave Rolinson uses original research to examine the development of Clarke's career from the theatre and the 'studio system' of provocative television play strands of the 1960s and 1970s, to the increasingly personal work of the 1980s, which established him as one of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
The Television Series
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719068317
SKU
V9780719068317
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Dave Rolinson
Dave Rolinson is Lecturer in the Department of Film, Media and Journalism at the Univesity of Stirling. -- .
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