Alan Clarke

Hardback

Main Details

Title Alan Clarke
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dave Rolinson
SeriesThe Television Series
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreTelevision
ISBN/Barcode 9780719068300
ClassificationsDewey:791.450233092
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 28 July 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play Scum, and his study of football hooliganism, The Firm. This book uncovers the full range of his work from the mythic fantasy of Penda's Fen, to the radical short film on terrorism, Elephant. Dave Rolinson uses original research to examine the development of Clarke's career from the theatre and the 'studio system' of provocative television play strands of the 1960s and 1970s, to the increasingly personal work of the 1980s, which established him as one of Britain's greatest auteur directors. Alan Clarke examines techniques of television direction, and proposes new methodologies as it questions the critical neglect of directors in what is traditionally seen as a writer's medium. It raises crucial issues in television studies, including aesthetics, authorship, censorship, the convergence of film and television, drama-documentary form, narrative and realism.

Author Biography

Dave Rolinson is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Hull -- .