A Life in 16 Films

A Life in 16 Films
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 145
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ISBN-10 : 9781350205253
ISBN-13 : 1350205257
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Book Synopsis A Life in 16 Films by : Steve Waters

Download or read book A Life in 16 Films written by Steve Waters and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Waters examines how the very idea of film has defined him as a playwright and a person in this book. Through the the lens of cinema, it provides a cultural and political snapshot of life in Britain from the 2nd part of the 20th century up to the present day. The films spanning almost a century, starting with The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) and moving most recently to Dark Waters (2019), each chapter examines aspects of Waters's journey from his working-class Midlands upbringing to working in professional theatre to living through the Covid epidemic, through the prism of a particular film. From The Wizard of Oz to Code Unknown, from sci-fi to documentary, from queer cinema to world cinema, this honest, comic book offers a view of film as a way of thinking about how we live. In doing so, it illuminates culture and politics in the UK over half a century and provides an intimate insight into drama and writing.


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