If....
Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide
1st Edition
Published on 26. August 2005
128 pages
978-0-85771-341-4 (ISBN)
Description
Lindsay Anderson's 1968 masterpiece, "If...", deals fundamentally - and controversially - with England and quintessential 'Englishness'. Coming six years after Anderson's double Oscar-nominated debut feature, "This Sporting Life", "If..." was the first film ever with a British setting and cast to win the Palme d'Or for Best Film at Cannes. The fruit of Anderson's first-hand studies of the Czech, Polish and Indian New Waves led by Milos Forman, Andrzej Wajda and, most famously, Satyajit Ray, it prophesied - and then mirrored - an international outbreak of youthful rebellion. An authority on Lindsay Anderson and his films, Sutton here draws on massive quantities of original material: Anderson's private archive, which illuminates the film's autobiographical elements; the original script "Crusaders"; the sequel on which he was working at the time of his death; interviews with key members of cast and crew including lead Malcolm McDowell, all are here explored to unravel the mysteries of a film which continues to delight, enrage and inspire.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-0-85771-341-4 (9780857713414)
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Person
Paul Sutton was the founding editor of 'Camera Journal', the Cambridge University film journal, and is the editor of 'The Lindsay Anderson Diaries' (2004).
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Film Credits
- Introduction
- 1. The Context
- 2. The Narrative
- 3. The Reception, the Sequel
- 4. The Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Sources
