Alan Clarke (The Television Series) - Softcover

Rolinson, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719068312 ISBN 13: 9780719068317

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The first full-length critical study of Alan Clarke, one of Britain's greatest auteur directors which examines the full range of Clarke's work, and goes beyond the violent image garnered from work like 'Scum' and 'The Firm'.

About this title

About the Author

Dave Rolinson is Lecturer in the Department of Film, Media and Journalism at the Univesity of Stirling

From the Back Cover

The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play Scum, and his study of football hooliganism, The Firm. This book uncovers the full range of his work from the mythic fantasy of Penda's Fen, to the radical short film on terrorism, Elephant.

Dave Rolinson uses original research to examine the development of Clarke's career from the theatre and the 'studio system' of provocative television play strands of the 1960s and 1970s, to the increasingly personal work of the 1980s, which established him as one of Britain's greatest directors.

'Alan Clarke' examines techniques of television direction, and proposes new methodologies as it questions the critical neglect of directors in what is traditionally seen as a writer's medium. It raises crucial issues in television studies, including aesthetics, authorship, censorship, the convergence of film and television, drama-documentary form, narrative and realism.

From the Inside Flap

The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play Scum, and his study of football hooliganism, The Firm. This book uncovers the full range of his work from the mythic fantasy of Penda s Fen, to the radical short film on terrorism, Elephant. Dave Rolinson uses original research to examine the development of Clarke s career from the theatre and the studio system of provocative television play strands of the 1960s and 1970s, to the increasingly personal work of the 1980s, which established him as one of Britain s greatest directors.'Alan Clarke' examines techniques of television direction, and proposes new methodologies as it questions the critical neglect of directors in what is traditionally seen as a writer s medium. It raises crucial issues in television studies, including aesthetics, authorship, censorship, the convergence of film and television, drama-documentary form, narrative and realism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719068312
• ISBN 13: 9780719068317
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208