lee
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Post by lee on Feb 6, 2007 18:47:17 GMT
Hi.
I'm a film student (please don't boo or throw things) and i'm about to start writing a final year essay on a subject of my choice. So I'm choosing to do something on Shane's work. I've only seen two of his films, 24/7 and Dead Man's Shoes (both of which I own, have bought for friends and locked other people in rooms until they watched them) but i'll be watching the rest over the next week or so. However, there seems to be VERY little academic work on him as a director and I wondered if anybody knew of good books about Shane?
I'll be having a more thorough look around immediately after this post but there is always a good chance i'll miss something good so I decided to come to the experts.
Regards,
Lee
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clair
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Post by clair on Feb 6, 2007 20:09:14 GMT
Hi Lee
I've just started a Phd with Shane's work as my central focus. You are right, there is very little academic analysis of his work (one of the reasons I was so attracted to his films for my doctorate). I wrote a little about Dead Man's Shoes for my MA, and only found brief sentences on Sm in a few texts.
Chibnall and Murphy (eds) 'British Crime Cinema' (London:Routledge) is a good place to start, but the best sources I found were journal articles and reviews which offer some specificity to Shane's work. Other texts on British cinema, especialy sociorealism may also offer something. What course are you doing, and what is your essay title? Let me know if I can help in any way.
Cheers for now
Clair
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Post by jill on Feb 6, 2007 21:29:01 GMT
Lee, no idea if this is useful to you, but there's a search engine called 'google scholar' that is useful for tracking down books, journal articles etc. I did a quick search for Shane and, sorry to say, there's not much there, but might be useful for other things -social realism, British cinema in the '90s/noughties etc. Bit of a pet subject for me, but I think the portrayal of (working class) masculinities in Shane's films is interesting and a complete contrast from the '60s stuff (much more 'rounded' characters than all those angry young men). Anyways, good luck with your work (and , of course, welcome).
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lee
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Post by lee on Feb 6, 2007 22:09:42 GMT
Thanks.
Clair. The essay title has yet to be decided but is part of my 3rd year Film and TV degree at Warwick. The module is film and TV in Britain and this work has come up in conjunction with looking at how landscapes are used and what is represented. Its a step off the beaten path as most of the work in this area relates to period and heritage dramas. I'd be interested to know more about your work too.
Jill
I've had a look at Google Scholar and got the same results as you I think, and the articles list at Film Index International yields results for magazines that seem to be missing at Warwick! I'll keep looking.
Thanks both for your help and interest.
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Post by anonlytwin on Feb 12, 2007 19:10:27 GMT
hey lee,
journals are helpful.. sight and sound has a few articles for example. shane is pleasingly vocal/candid about his work and has done plenty of interviews- most of which can be found on the web (i have perpetual arguments with my supervisors over whether it is valid to employ the directors own opinions/ views on the films (there point being can the directors be trusted?)- and my answer is: of course! look at the seminal work on the new wave and all of it is loaded with comments from the directors themselves) beyond that, i would recommend that you engage with general work on social realism and working class representation and use that to inform your thoughts on meadow... if you are going to do your work on something spatial then check out chapter 6 of john hills book 'sex class and realism' i found that very helpful
stu
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Post by jill on Apr 2, 2007 23:57:17 GMT
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