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An introduction to British Cinema
- Jon Towlson
What is British Cinema?
Kitchen Sink Realism
Costume Drama
Romantic Comedy
Him?
‘Tommy’ (1975, dir. Ken Russell)
‘Mad Poets’ school of British Cinema
Ken Russell
Nicolas Roeg
• Powell and Pressburger
Powell and Pressburger
John Boorman
Michael Reeves
Terry Gilliam
Highly personalised visual style
Myths and adventure
Memory/fantasy/dreams
Dazzling editing
‘Performance’ (1970, dirs. Nicolas Roeg/Donald Cammell)
• What are the themes of the film?
• How are the themes reflected in the visual style?
Part of a British artistic traditioncalled English Romanticism
Turner, Blake (painters)
Keats, Byron, Shelley (Poets)
Elgar - Composer
Romanticism
• Strong emotion
• Englishness in terms of landscape, myths and legends
• Metaphysics – (‘reality goes beyond the physical world’)
Excalibur (1981, dir. John Boorman)
• How might the clip be described as part of the Romantic tradition? Think in terms of:
- Use of landscape
- Use of music
- Use of mythology
Music Video & Advert Directors
• Jonathan Glazer• Chris Cunningham• Tony Kaye
Art House Directors
• Peter Greenaway (The Pillow Book)
• Sally Potter (Orlando)• Terence Davies (Of
Time and The City)
Ridley Scott?