London on Film [Hardcover]

This book, a collection of essays by expert film researchers and lecturers, contributes to the growing body of scholarship on cinematic cities by looking at how one cityLondonhas been represented on film. In particular, the collection examines how films about London have responded to social, material and political change in the city, either by capturing and so influencing how we think about London, or by acting as catalysts (intentionally or otherwise) for public debate. Individual essays explore films ranging from the earliest actualities of the late nineteenth century to contemporary blockbusters. The book will appeal to film scholars and students, as well as to readers interested in the history of London and its changing image.

1. Introduction: Film Londons - Pam Hirsch and Chris ORourke.- 2. Local Film Subjects: Suburban Cinema, 1895-1910 - Roland-Fran?ois Lack.- 3. Glamour and Crime: The London Nightclub in Silent Film - Mara Arts.- 4. Hitchcocks Sabotage (1936): Conspirators and Bombs in Actual, Literary and Filmic London - Pam Hirsch.- 5. A Relic of the Bad Old Days: Hollywoods London in None but the Lonely Heart (1944) - Mark Glancy.- 6. London Can Take It: Documentary Reconstructions of the City - Michael McCluskey.- 7. From the Docks to Notting Hill: Cinematic Mappings of Imperial and Post-Imperial London - Eleni Liarou.- 8. Wanting More: Gendered, Space and Desire in Darling and Four in the Morning - Rose Hepworth.- 9. Queer London on Film: Victim (1961), The Killing of Sister George (1968) and Nighthawks (1978) - Chris ORourke.- 10. Housing Policy and Building Types: From High Hopes to High Rise - Amy Sargeant.- 11. A Melancholy Topography: Patrick Keillers London - David Anderson.- 12. From Dogpower to Ratropolis: London in Animated Film - Rui Tang and David Whitley.- 13. Skateboard City: London in Skateboarding Films -Iain Borden.- 14. Shaun of the Dead and the Construction of Cult Space in Millennial London - Paul Newland.lc