A question to Contemporary British Cinema fans

[gwynebeanz]

Hi all,

At the moment I am in college and I'm doing Media Studies A2, and I enjoy it alot, as well as my other music based lessons.

My question is aimed at Shane Meadows himself and/or any other directors or fans of Contemporary British Cinema and is part of my coursework/exam for my Critical Research Study module in Media.

'What view of morality and crime do you think Contemporary British Cinema provides?'

I would really appreciate any feedback on this topic

Thankyou in advance,
Carl

P.S. Loving the movies

[anonlytwin]

i would recommend that you has a read over an aricle by Claire Monk called “From Underworld to Underclass: Crime and British Cinema in the 1990s” which is in a book by Chibnall & Murphy called "British Crime Cinema" (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999) ... that should provide you with tonnes of info and has some really good work on shanes first film, 'smalltime'...

also, can't remember where i read it but a guy called sheldon hall wrote the following: "Meadows has a commendable inability to regard even the worst villains as anything other than human beings. He is very much a native insider rather than a sympathetic visitor,”

[Davros]

anonlytwin said:

i would recommend that you has a read over an aricle by Claire Monk called “From Underworld to Underclass: Crime and British Cinema in the 1990s” which is in a book by Chibnall & Murphy called "British Crime Cinema" (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999) ... that should provide you with tonnes of info and has some really good work on shanes first film, 'smalltime'...

Haha. If its the same woman, and it probably is, thats one of my old Lecturers. Always thought she was a few sandwiches short (imo..).

Knows her stuff though.

[gwynebeanz]

lol, thanx for the info, helps loads

if any of you have any input yourselves though it would be helpful

i'm looking for direct responses for primary research

cheers

[sarah-leigh]

i know it doesn't help much but i'm doin the same course atm

[halfpint]

Have you chosen specific films as case studies yet?

I always went the case studies route, looking at particular individual films when i was studying Media Studies.

[neens]

It provides the platform for debate. It has no place taking a view.