Early British Animation
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"Malcolm Cook in this book emerges as the preeminent historian of early British animation. But, as if that were not saying enough, he also interjects his distinctive voice into an erudite, yet entertaining, discourse about a body of filmmaking heretofore 'largely forgotten and unloved'. More than a simple chronicle, Early British Animation weaves a powerful narrative of talented, often obsessive, artists and their relation to the establishment and avant-garde art movements of their day. We can't say whether or not future generations will love British animation, but they will no longer be able to forget it." (Donald Crafton, Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre (Emeritus), University of Notre Dame, USA)"Cook's impressively researched book fills a major gap in our knowledge of silent British cinema, but it also does so much more than this. There are dazzlingly original ideas here-about the concept of artists' films, the theatrical lineageof animated cartoons, and the engagement of mainstream entertainment with profound questions about perception and cognition-that should be read by everyone interested in the broader history of animation and debates about cinema and modernity." (Jon Burrows, University of Warwick, UK)
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Malcolm Cook is Lecturer in Film at the University of Southampton, UK.
