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EIFF To Look Back At Rare UK Films of Sixties and Seventies
http://www.edinburghguide.com/story/edinburghfilmfestival/5332-eifftolookbackatrareukfilmsofsixtiesandseventies
06 May 2010
This year's retrospective at the Edinburgh International Film
Festival will screen neglected British films from the Sixties and Seventies.
Films in the strand, entitled "After the Wave: Lost and Forgotten
British Cinema 1967-1979", will be announced with the full EIFF
programme launch on 1 June.
EIFF Senior Programmer Niall Greig Fulton said, in a posting on the
EIFF site, that people should not expect "orthodox choices" from the
era. The strand will include titles that have all but been forgotten about.
"There are titles included that haven't been seen on any format for
years, outstanding British cinema that should be celebrated, but
instead has been relegated to the odd television screening, or the
confines of an old VHS tape. It's going to be a unique opportunity to
see these lost classics, which you might otherwise not see at all,
back on the big screen where they belong."
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British cinema and the "Swinging Sixties"
http://www.articleant.com/gen/78155-british-cinema-and-the----swinging-sixties.html
06/05/2010
The sounds and sights of the 1960s will mark the launch of a new
annual public lecture at the University of York.
The first James College Annual Lecture will focus on British Cinema
in that decade and will be followed by a reception featuring music
from the era, artefacts provided by York Museums Trust and a display
of vintage scooters.
Professor Duncan Petrie, from the Department of Theatre Film and
Television, will deliver the lecture that will consider how the 1960s
saw British cinema develop from the "New Wave" to films such as Dr
No, Tom Jones and A Hard Day's Night.
Dr Neil Lunt, Provost of James College, said: "James College was
named after the first Vice-Chancellor, Lord Eric James who
established the University during a time of great social and
political change.
"It seemed fitting to select a first topic that matched the promise
and turbulence of the 1960s."
The lecture "British Cinema and The 'Swinging Sixties'", on Wednesday
12 May, will start at 6.15pm in Room P/X001 in the Department of Physics.
Admission is by free ticket available from
http://www.york.ac.uk/tickets, [email protected], or by
calling (01904) 432622.
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University lecture charts cinema in 60s
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/University-lecture-charts-cinema-in.6279398.jp
07 May 2010
By Mark Branagan
AN inaugural event at York University is to chart the history of
British cinema during the social and political upheaval of the
swinging sixties.
The sounds and sights of the era will accompany the launch of a new
annual public lecture on the campus the first James College Annual Lecture.
The theme is British Cinema in the 1960s and will be followed by a
reception featuring music from the era, artefacts provided by York
Museums Trust and a display of vintage scooters.
Prof Duncan Petrie, from the Department of Theatre Film and
Television, will deliver the talk focusing on how the 1960s saw
British cinema develop.
At the start of the decade, British cinema was in transition, two of
its guiding lights, Ealing and London Films, having collapsed in
1958. Much of British entertainment would now be brought to the big
screen by American money which helped keep afloat a UK industry
already suffering from TV. The start of the decade was marked by
socially conscious northern films such as 1960's Saturday Night and
Sunday Morning, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, starring
emerging Hull-born actor Tom Courtenay, and This Sporting Life.
By the mid-sixties, Swinging London was back in the spotlight as the
centre of the world's music and fashion with films such as Georgy
Girl, before the industry started taking a more cynical look at the
scene with films such as Darling and Blowup. After the renaissance of
the 1960s, the 1970s was perceived as a much more dismal and fallow
period for an industry reduced to making cheap sex comedies and
turning successful TV shows into big screen flops.
Provost of James College Dr Neil Lunt said: "James College was named
after the first Vice-Chancellor, Lord Eric James who established the
university during a time of great social and political change. It
seemed fitting to select a first topic that matched the promise and
turbulence of the 1960s."
The lecture British Cinema and The Swinging Sixties next
Wednesday, will start at 6.15pm in Room P/X001 in the Department of Physics.
Admission is by free ticket available from www.york.ac.uk/tickets,
public [email protected], or by calling 01904 432622. For
information visit http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events
.
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