Though the creative community of Reykjavik, Iceland, has earned a well-deserved reputation for its unique artistic output most notably the popular music that has emerged from the city since the 1980s Reykjavik s filmmakers have received less attention than they merit. "World Film Locations: Reykjavik" corrects this imbalance, shedding new light on the role of cinema in a country that, partly because of its small population, produces more films per capita than any other in the world.The contributors to this volume trace cinema in Iceland from the 1979 establishment of the Icelandic Film...
Though the creative community of Reykjavik, Iceland, has earned a well-deserved reputation for its unique artistic output most notably the popular ...
Outside of the capital London, no other British city has attracted more filmmakers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Rome, or Moscow, and sometimes playing itself or a version of its own past in Beatles biopics Liverpool is an adaptable filmic backdrop that has attracted filmmakers to its ports for decades. A place of passion, humor, and pride, Liverpool evokes caverns and cathedrals, ferries and football grounds; it is a city so vivid we see it clearly even if we ve never been there. From the earliest makers of moving images among them the Mitchell &...
Outside of the capital London, no other British city has attracted more filmmakers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for London, New York, Chicago...
Released a matter of days after the end of the Second World War and a dozen years ahead of the first full-blooded Hammer Horror, the Ealing Studios horror anthology film Dead of Night featured contributions from some of the finest directors, writers and technicians ever to work in British film. Since its release it has become evermore widely regarded as a keystone in the architecture of horror cinema, both nationally and internationally, yet for a film that packs such a reputation this is the first time a single book has been dedicated to its analysis. Beginning with a brief plot...
Released a matter of days after the end of the Second World War and a dozen years ahead of the first full-blooded Hammer Horror, the Ealing Studios ho...