Ob Melodram, Western, Horrorfilm, Science-Fiction oder Thriller: Von jeher war das Kino ein Ort, um der Realität des Alltags zu entfliehen. Filmplakate lockten die Kunden ins Kino und stellten eine künstlerische Bereicherung des Stadtbildes dar. Wie es ihnen gelang, bereits bei kurzem Hinsehen die Aufmerksamkeit von so vielen Menschen zu wecken und sowohl Filme als auch die Stars zu verkaufen, erzählt dieses große Referenzwerk. Entdecken Sie Plakate, die den gesamten Plot eines Films ahnen lassen, Charaktere und Handlung kommentieren, die Typografie als Teil des Bildes betonen oder einfach grafische Meisterwerke sind.
This book focuses on some of the finest movie posters ever produced - some
because of the originality of their design, others because of their success to
withdraw attention and making a film seem unmissable.
The new edition of The British Cinema Book has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to the major periods, genres, studios, film-makers and debates in British cinema from the 1890s to the present. The book has five sections, addressing debates and controversies; industry, genre and representation; British cinema 1895-1939; British cinema from World War II to the 1970s, and contemporary British cinema. Within these sections, leading scholars and critics address a wide range of issues and topics, including British cinema as a 'national' cinema; its complex relationship with Hollywood; film censorship; key British genres such as horror, comedy and costume film; the work of directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Asquith, Alexander Mackendrick, Michael Powell, Lindsay Anderson, Ken Russell and Mike Leigh; studios such as Gainsborough, Ealing, Rank and Gaumont, and recent signs of hope for the British film industry, such as the rebirth of the low-budget British horror picture, and the emergence of a British Asian cinema. Discussions are illustrated with case studies of key films, many of which are new to this edition, including Piccadilly (1929) It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), The Ladykillers (1955), This Sporting Life (1963), The Devils (1971), Withnail and I (1986), Bend it Like Beckham (2002) and Control (2007), and with over 100 images from the BFI's collection.
