Christine Geraghty: 2 books
British Cinema in the Fifties
Gender, Genre and the 'New Look'
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
In the fifties British cinema won large audiences with popular war films and comedies, creating stars such as Dirk Bogarde and Kay Kendall, and introducing the stereotypes of war hero, boffin and comic bureaucrat which still help to define images of British national identity. In British Cinema in...
Now a Major Motion Picture
Film Adaptations of Literature and Drama
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Going beyond the process of adaptation, Geraghty is more interested in the films themselves and how they draw on our sense of recall. While a film reflects its literary source, it also invites comparisons to our memories and associations with other versions of the original. For example, a viewer may...