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The Appreciation of Film: The Postwar Film Society Movement and Film Culture in Britain (Exeter Studies in Film History)
Richard Lowell Macdonald
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Description for The Appreciation of Film: The Postwar Film Society Movement and Film Culture in Britain (Exeter Studies in Film History)
Hardcover. This book offers the first full account of the film society movement in Britain and its contribution to post-World War Two film culture. It brings to life a lost history of alternative film exhibition and challenges the general assumption that the study of film began with university courses on 'Film Studies'. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; APF; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book offers the first full account of the film society movement in Britain and its contribution to post-World War Two film culture. It brings to life a lost history of alternative film exhibition and challenges the general assumption that the study of film began with university courses on `Film Studies'. Showing how film societies operated and the lasting impression they made on film culture, The Appreciation of Film details the history of film education in Britain. The book illuminates the changing relationship between volunteer-run societies and professionalised agencies promoting film art ... Read more
This book offers the first full account of the film society movement in Britain and its contribution to post-World War Two film culture. It brings to life a lost history of alternative film exhibition and challenges the general assumption that the study of film began with university courses on `Film Studies'. Showing how film societies operated and the lasting impression they made on film culture, The Appreciation of Film details the history of film education in Britain. The book illuminates the changing relationship between volunteer-run societies and professionalised agencies promoting film art ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Exeter Studies in Film History
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Exeter, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859898881
SKU
V9780859898881
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About Richard Lowell Macdonald
Richard Lowell MacDonald is a lecturer in the Media and Communications department at Goldsmiths, University of London. His specific research interests include the history of cinema and visual culture, institutions of film criticism and pedagogy, the aesthetics of documentary and ethnographic film, and historic and contemporary modes of moving image exhibition beyond the cinema theatre.
Reviews for The Appreciation of Film: The Postwar Film Society Movement and Film Culture in Britain (Exeter Studies in Film History)
`This is an interesting project, based on thorough research, dealing with a topic that deserves to be better known and better documented.' (Professor Andrew Higson, Dept. of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York) `This book serves as a valuable ... Read more