All Outputs (3)

The precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. H. (2008, July). The precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's. Paper presented at British Culture and Society in the 1970's, University of Portsmouth, UK

Michael Klinger was the most successful independent producer working in the British film industry during the 1960s and 1970s. However, there has been no critical account of his work and he is barely mentioned, if at all, in standard histories of Brit... Read More about The precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's.

The Outsider: Anthony Simmons (2008)
Journal Article
Dolan, J., & Spicer, A. H. (2008). The Outsider: Anthony Simmons. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 5(1), 132-145. https://doi.org/10.3366/E1743452108000113

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.

Missing boxes: The unmade films of Sydney Box, 1940-1967 (2008)
Book Chapter
Spicer, A. H. (2008). Missing boxes: The unmade films of Sydney Box, 1940-1967. In D. North (Ed.), Sights Unseen: Unfinished British films (87-104). Cambridge Scholar Publishing

The essay is a continuation of my AHRC-funded work on Sydney Box that was published by Manchester UP in 2006. Here the focus is on the reasons why films do not get produced (lack of funds, censorship, changes in personnel, clash of personalities etc)... Read More about Missing boxes: The unmade films of Sydney Box, 1940-1967.