by Alexander Walker · Chambers · tapa dura · ISBN 9780245542688
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«National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties» is Alexander Walker's essay on British cinema, published by Chambers in hardcover.
Alexander Walker analyzes British cinema of the seventies and eighties in relation to social change and mass entertainment. He addresses the violent cinema of Get Carter and The Long Good Friday, the talent drain due to taxation and the British Film Year campaign. He also offers critical judgments of Ken Russell, Derek Jarman, John Hurt and Monty Python.
The work has 296 pages; it is the first edition, published in 1985, and includes bibliography and index.
For readers interested in the history of British cinema and the social and cultural context of the seventies and eighties.
American journalist and editor (1819-1893)
