Looking for a new England : action, time, vision : music, film and TV 1975-1986
Matthews, Simon2021
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What happened to UK cinema and TV when swinging London ended? 'Looking For A New England' covers the period 1975 to 1986, from Slade in Flame to Absolute Beginners. A carefully researched exploration of transgressive films, the career of David Bowie, dystopias, the Joan Collins oeuvre, black cinema, the origins and impact of punk music, political films, comedy, how Ireland and Scotland featured on our screens and the rise of Richard Branson and a new, commercial, mainstream. It describes over 100 film and TV productions in detail, together with their literary, social and musical influences during a time when profound changes shrank the size of the UK cinema industry.
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Author:
Matthews, Simon, author
Imprint:
Harpenden : Oldcastle Books, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780857304117 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
791.430941791.43791.43094109047791.430941 MAT791.4309
Language:
English
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BRN:
2528967
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