{"product_id":"studying-british-cinema-the-1970s-9781906733735","title":"Studying British Cinema: The 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Danny Powell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDanny Powell encourages readers to reevaluate the 1970s through the medium of film. Combining cultural and sociological analysis, he focuses on the 1970s as an age of political extremism and conflict, of the struggle between authority and the disenfranchised during a decade of strife that produced volatility in a country faced with \"no future.\" Discussing an age of experimental film that avoids the obvious in terms of presentation, theme, narrative, and neat endings, Powell emphasizes the link between domestic British cinema and cultural uncertainty. He discusses \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePerformance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1968), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1971), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1971), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGet Carter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1971), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1973), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTommy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1975), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Man Who Fell to Earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1976), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJubilee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1978).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Misc","offer_id":45268670808215,"sku":"9781906733735","price":1943.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/studying-british-cinema-the-1970s-9781906733735","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}