All Outputs (11)

The impresario in British cinema: Bernard Delfont at EMI (2021)
Journal Article

The article argues that Bernard Delfont played a significant role in the development of the British film industry in the 1970s as head of EMI’s entertainment division that included film. In contradistinction to existing accounts, it is contended that... Read More about The impresario in British cinema: Bernard Delfont at EMI.

A regional company? RED Production and the cultural politics of place (2019)
Journal Article

This article explores the significance of RED Production’s location in the north-west of England, analysing the complexities of its positioning as a ‘regional’ company contextualised within the broader issues surrounding regional television productio... Read More about A regional company? RED Production and the cultural politics of place.

'Being European': UK production companies and Europe (2018)
Journal Article

This article discusses the relationship between UK film producers and Europe, offering a historical overview and an extended case study of an existing company, Number 9 Films. It argues that although UK film production and the attitude of policy make... Read More about 'Being European': UK production companies and Europe.

Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history (2010)
Journal Article

The crisis in film studies and history concerning their legitimacy and objectives has provoked a reinvigoration of scholarly energy in historical enquiry. 'New film history' attempts to address the concerns of historians and film scholars by working... Read More about Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history.

Introduction (2009)
Journal Article

This was a themed issue of the Journal and the first to focus on the issue of screenwriting/the screenwriter. This was path-breaking in relation to British cinema where this topic has hardly begun to be addressed. The issue, that included academics,... Read More about Introduction.

Interview: Allan Cubitt (2009)
Journal Article

Allan Cubitt is an important contemporary writer who has worked in fringe theatre, television and film. The interview was the first critical profile he has received and thus an original contribution to the history of screenwriting and British cinema.... Read More about Interview: Allan Cubitt.

British culture and society in the 1970's - conference report (2009)
Journal Article

The Outsider: Anthony Simmons (2008)
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This interview with veteran British Film director Anthony Simmons gives an account of Simmons’ career in the context of a declining industry in the 1970s. It offers previously unknown production background to films such as Black Joy and The Optimists... Read More about The Outsider: Anthony Simmons.

Creativity and the 'B' feature: Terence Fisher's crime films (2006)
Journal Article

This article explores the neglected area of the B Feature, produced by small companies on very tight budgets. It explores how it is possible to be creative in these constrained circumstances by concentrating on the crime film directed by Terence Fish... Read More about Creativity and the 'B' feature: Terence Fisher's crime films.

What cannot be said: 'Silent Dust'(1949)and the malevolent veteran (2005)
Journal Article

This was a counterpoint to the book chapter on service comedy. It explored a different type of 'unofficial' counter-hegemonic constructions of the Second World War' by focusing on a group of British films made immediately after the war and sporadical... Read More about What cannot be said: 'Silent Dust'(1949)and the malevolent veteran.

The production line: Reflections on the role of the producer in British cinema (2004)
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A film producer has two responsibilities: to the public and to his backers. If he is an imaginative and courageous producer, the two may coincide. The ideal producer, it seems to me, must always look ahead and try not merely to acquiesce in box-offic... Read More about The production line: Reflections on the role of the producer in British cinema.