{"product_id":"books-british-cinema-of-the-1950s-by-ian-mackillop","title":"British cinema of the 1950s","description":"Offers a startling re-evaluation of what has until now been seen as the most critically lacklustre period of the British film history. Covers a variety of genres, such as B-movies, war films, women's pictures and theatrical adaptations; as well as social issues which affect film-making, such as censorship. Includes fresh assessment of maverick directors; Pat Jackson, Robert Hamer and Joseph Losey, and even of a maverick critic Raymond Durgnat. Features personal insights from those inidividually implicated in 1950s cinema; Corin Redgrave on Michael Redgrave, Isabel Quigly on film reviewing, and Bryony Dixon of the BFI on archiving and preservation. Presents a provocative challenge to conventional wisdom about 1950s film and rediscovers the Festival of Britain decade.  An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53510791037201,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780719064890.jpg?v=1778179731","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-british-cinema-of-the-1950s-by-ian-mackillop","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}