Michael WinterbottomThis is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director has done such impressive work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary political significance. The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyze the filmmaker’s eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are examined in the light of a long history of cinema’s dealings with realism, as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; and Jude and The Claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in British cinema history) and examples of other genres reworked (the road movie, the western). This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will interest all those who have followed his career as well as those with a wide-ranging concern for British cinema. |
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Contents
Winterbottom and a body of work | 9 |
The realist | 30 |
Winterbottom and the English novel | 48 |
Copyright | |
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24 Hour Party 9 Songs actors adaptation Andrew Eaton Andrew Eaton Director Belfast British cinema Brydon Bull Story Butterfly Kiss camera characters Christopher Eccleston Claim classical Cock and Bull Code 46 contemporary Costume designer Dalglish David Dillon Director of photography documentary drama echoes Editor episode Eunice fiction film's filmmaking footage Frank Cottrell Boyce French New Wave genre Godard's Hardy Hardy's historical Hollywood Honda images Ingmar Bergman interview Jude Jude's Lisa lives locations London Manchester Marcel Zyskind Mark Tildesley Matt Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom Screenplay Mighty Heart Miriam Music Nadia narrative novel oeuvre performance Peter Principal cast Production company Production designer protagonists realist recalls relationship Revolution Films road movie Road to Guantdnamo Rosie Samantha Morton Sarajevo scene screen seems sense sequence sexual Shafiq Shirley Henderson shot Steve Coogan streets television tion Tony Wilson Trevor Waite Tristram Shandy voice-over Want Western Winterbottom's films Wonderland
Bibliographic information
| Title | Michael Winterbottom British film makers |
| Authors | Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 2009 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 25, 2010 |
| Length | 152 pages |
| Subjects | › › Motion picture producers and directors Performing Arts / Film & Video / Direction & Production Performing Arts / Film & Video / General Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism Performing Arts / General Performing Arts / Individual Director Winterbottom, Michael - Criticism and interpretation |
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