Screening Scotland (Distributed for the British Film Institute) - Softcover

Petrie, Duncan J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851707858 ISBN 13: 9780851707853

Publisher: BFI Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

This title provides an overview of developments within Scottish film making, and looks at the institutional context within which successes such as "Regeneration", "Trainspotting", "Carla's Song", and "Mrs Brown" have appeared. It also examines the history of Scottish film production.

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About the Author

Duncan Petrie is Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of York, UK. His books include Creativity and Constraint in the British Film Industry (1991), The British Cinematographer (BFI, 1996), Screening Scotland (BFI, 2000), Contemporary Scottish Fictions (2004), Shot in New Zealand: The Art and Craft of the Kiwi Cinematographer (2007), A Coming of Age: 30 Years of New Zealand Cinema (2008) – co-written with Duncan Stuart, and Educating Film-Makers: Past, Present and Future (2014) – co-written with Rod Stoneman. He has edited or co-edited a further ten collections, including The Cinema of Small Nations (2007).

From the Back Cover

This title provides an overview of developments within Scottish film making, and looks at the institutional context within which successes as "Regeneration", "Trainspotting", "Carla's Song", and "Mrs Brown" have appeared. It also examines the history of Scottish film production. The emergence of a new Scottish Cinema is related to the development of film production based in Scotland. This title focuses on the inspirational work of "auteurs" like Bill Douglas and Bill Forsyth and a new wave of creative film-making, drawing upon both popular genres and the more personal concerns of European art cinema.

Edition details

• Publisher: BFI Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851707858
• ISBN 13: 9780851707853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240