Distorted Images
Subtitle: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s (Cinema and Society)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris; I.B.Tauris
Published: April 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781860643583
Subjects: Cinema industry; Cultural studies; Film theory & criticism; Media studies; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Film And Society; History; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Europe - Great Britain - General; Film & Video - History & Criticism
Description: "During the 1920s, the slogan 'British is Best' was a regular rallying call to British film producers and audiences. Distorted Images illuminates this period, when British film-makers first had the opportunity to secure an audience for their films but failed. Using contemporary sources, it tells the story of British cinema in the 1920s, showing how the British film industry invoked patriotism, xenophobia, government intervention and cultural and social supremacy in order to save itself. Moviegoers inevitably ignored the propaganda and chose instead to spend the cost of admission on American films. Why they did so is the central focus of Distorted images."--BOOK JACKET.