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London in Cinema
Charlotte Brunsdon
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Description for London in Cinema
Paperback. This first full study of post-war London in cinema explores the cinematic 'Londons' that appear in films made since 1945. Brunsdon traces how film-makers show that a film is set in London, how films have charted London's shift from imperial capital to global city and challenges the view that London is not a cinematic city. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; APF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 542.
Charlotte Brunsdon's illuminating study explores the variety of cinematic 'Londons' that appear in films made since 1945. Brunsdon traces the familiar ways that film-makers establish that a film is set in London, by use of recognisable landmarks and the city's shorthand iconography of red buses and black taxis, as well as the ways in which these icons are avoided. She looks at London weather – fog and rain – and everyday locations like the pub and the housing estate, while also examining the recurring patterns of representation associated with films set in the East and West Ends of London, ... Read more
Charlotte Brunsdon's illuminating study explores the variety of cinematic 'Londons' that appear in films made since 1945. Brunsdon traces the familiar ways that film-makers establish that a film is set in London, by use of recognisable landmarks and the city's shorthand iconography of red buses and black taxis, as well as the ways in which these icons are avoided. She looks at London weather – fog and rain – and everyday locations like the pub and the housing estate, while also examining the recurring patterns of representation associated with films set in the East and West Ends of London, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844571833
SKU
V9781844571833
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About Charlotte Brunsdon
CHARLOTTE BRUNSDON teaches in the Department of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the author of The Feminist, the Housewife and the Soap Opera (2000) and Screen Tastes (1997).
Reviews for London in Cinema
I want to start by stating something entirely unambiguously: this is a really good book. Not just the kind of 'really good' where a chapter goes on a reading list, but the sort of 'really good' that means if you teach anything to do with Britsih culture or the city, you'll be putting the entire volume on your bibliography. London ... Read more