Scotland In Film
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Author |
: Bob Nowlan |
Publisher |
: Intellect Books |
Total Pages |
: 372 |
Release |
: 2015-05-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783203956 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783203951 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Directory of World Cinema: Scotland by : Bob Nowlan
Scotland, its people and its history have long been a source of considerable fascination and inspiration for filmmakers, film scholars and film audiences worldwide. A significant number of critically acclaimed films made in the last twenty-five years have ignited passionate conversations and debates about Scottish national cinema. Its historical, industrial and cultural complexities and contradictions have made it all the more a focus of attention and interest for both popular audiences and scholarly critics. Directory of World Cinema: Scotland provides an introduction to many of Scottish cinema’s most important and influential themes and issues, films and filmmakers, while adding to the ongoing discussion concerning how to make sense of Scotland’s cinematic traditions and contributions. Chapters on filmmakers range from Murray Grigor to Ken Loach, and Gaelic filmmaking, radical and engaged cinema, production, finance and documentary are just a few of the topics explored. Film reviews range from popular box office hits such as Braveheart, and Trainspotting to lesser known but equally engaging independent and lower budget productions, such as Shell and Orphans. This book is both a stimulating and accessible resource for a wide range of readers interested in Scottish film.
Author |
: Phoebe Taplin |
Publisher |
: Batsford Books |
Total Pages |
: 48 |
Release |
: 2021-05-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781841658841 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1841658847 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Scotland Film Locations by : Phoebe Taplin
This beautifully illustrated guide reveals the cities, towns and windswept landscapes that have formed the backdrop to some of Scotland's most famous films. Colour photographs and detailed descriptions of each location allow you to follow in the footsteps of some of cinemas most famous characters. Among the films covered in the book are Gregory's Girl, the Harry Potter films, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, One Day, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Rob Roy, Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and The Wicker Man. TV series include Taggart, Outlander and Game of Thrones. Scotland Film Locations takes in some of the most popular and beautiful sites in Scotland, from the streets of Edinburgh and the famous train journey over Glenfinnan Viaduct that inspired Harry Potter to Doune Castle, which featured in Game of Thrones, and the Isle of Skye, which formed a backdrop to The BFG and Macbeth. With this indispensable guide you will be able to step into some of your favourite films and discover the locations that created movie magic.
Author |
: Forsyth Hardy |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 1990 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015018493521 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Scotland in Film by : Forsyth Hardy
From "Whisky Galore" and "Edge of the World" to "Local Hero" and "Highlander", Scotland has been presented on film in various degrees of reality by both Hollywood and British film-makers. This book gives an illustrated analysis of the myth and reality in Scottish films over the last 60 years. It surveys and summarizes each film in chronological order and places it in historical context. Production details of the more important films are discussed and the difficulties of funding in Britain are outlined. The book also examines the whole problem of presenting a realistic and recognizable picture of national life and achievement in Scotland.
Author |
: Jay Parini |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2021-11-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781984899491 |
ISBN-13 |
: 198489949X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Borges and Me by : Jay Parini
In this evocative work of what the author in his afterword calls “a kindof novelistic memoir,” Jay Parini takes us back fifty years, when he fled the United States for Scotland—in flight from the Vietnam War and desperately in search of his adult life. There, through unlikely circumstances, he meets the famed Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges. Borges—visiting his translator in Scotland—is in his seventies, blind and frail. When Borges hears that Parini owns a 1957 Morris Minor, he declares a long-held wish to visit the Highlands, where he hopes to meet a man in Inverness who is interested in Anglo-Saxon riddles. As they travel, stopping at various sites of historical interest, the charmingly garrulous Borges takes Parini on a grand tour of Western literature and ideas, while promising to teach him about love and poetry. As Borges’s idiosyncratic world of labyrinths, mirrors, and doubles shimmers into being, their escapades take a surreal turn. Borges and Me is a classic road novel, based on true events. It’s also a magical mystery tour of an era, like our own, in which uncertainties abound, and when—as ever—it’s the young and the old who hear voices and dream dreams.
Author |
: Giles Foden |
Publisher |
: Faber & Faber |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2008-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780571246175 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0571246176 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last King of Scotland by : Giles Foden
What would it be like to become Idi Amin's personal physician? Giles Foden's bestselling thriller is the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan dictator's surreal and brutal regime. Privy to Amin's thoughts and ambitions, he is both fascinated and appalled. As Uganda plunges into civil chaos he realises action is imperative - but which way should he jump?
Author |
: Colin McArthur |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2003-09-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857711014 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857711016 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots by : Colin McArthur
The films "Brigadoon" and "Braveheart" have an enormous resonance both for Scots throughout the world and the wide audience of non-Scots for whom such films provide general impressions of "Scottishness". This provocative book discusses the films' representations of Scotland and the Scots, looking at that cluster of images and stories whereby Scotland is (mis)recognized and yet often comes to be "known". Colin McArthur explores "Brigadoon" and documents the contempt the film has elicited, particularly from the Scots intelligentsia. He succumbs to "Brigadoon's" charm, but finds no such mitigating features in "Braveheart". Tracing the film's appropriation by political, touristic and sporting figures, he argues that, far from being "about" Scottish history, it is primarily "about" Hollywood and its cinematic traditions. He looks at the way film distorts history and examines "Braveheart's" sinister appeal to the proto-fascist psyche.
Author |
: Colin McArthur |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 132 |
Release |
: 1982 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015001710030 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Scotch Reels by : Colin McArthur
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Author |
: Alice Feeney |
Publisher |
: Flatiron Books |
Total Pages |
: 309 |
Release |
: 2021-09-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250266118 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250266114 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rock Paper Scissors by : Alice Feeney
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Feeney lives up to her reputation as the “queen of the twist”...This page-turner will keep you guessing.” —Real Simple Think you know the person you married? Think again... Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts--paper, cotton, pottery, tin--and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after. Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget. Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney.
Author |
: Sandra-Elisabeth Haider |
Publisher |
: diplom.de |
Total Pages |
: 183 |
Release |
: 2002-11-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783832461201 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3832461205 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Scotland in feature film by : Sandra-Elisabeth Haider
Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: At Glasgow s University Library I discovered a book about Scotland on film, Scotch Reels. Originally, Scotch Reels is the title of a research carried out in 1982 about the depiction of Scotland on screen. It was revealed then that the predominant image of Scotland was very much engaged with stereotypes (defined as the heather and haggis image by one of the book s critics) and had obviously nothing to do with the contemporary reality of Scotland. Not surprisingly, that radical view has found a lot of stern critics. On superficial examination, when I think of all the recent films set in Scotland (ranging from the historical epos Braveheart to the contemporary fast-paced drug story Trainspotting, to mention two of the more popular examples), it seems to me that contemporary films set in Scotland show a wider spectrum of Scottish life than they apparently did before the 1980s, when the stories were mostly (with a few exceptions only) set in the Highlands or on an island, in a community far away from contemporary (modern and industrial) life. As a classic example of those films one can mention the musical Brigadoon by Vicente Minnelli from the year 1954. However, in my thesis I want to concentrate on films set in the City of Glasgow, since there would be far too much material concerned if I considered every single available recent film set in Scotland. I would like to find out whether the image of Glasgow has improved (or widened in its conception) through the release of recent films, compared to its depiction in older movies. As I could not analyse all recent feature films set in Glasgow in this context, I decided to concentrate on a few examples. By taking a closer look at these films I hope to be able to demonstrate how varied (or one-sided as will be determined) the contemporary portrayal of the city is. I do not want to omit mentioning my awareness of the fact that my selection is very subjective. Had I selected other movies, the result would naturally have been a different one. Also, I have not taken into account television films or series set in the Glasgow area. Especially in recent years a whole range of series has been produced and broadcasted, for instance the surreal hospital-drama Psychos, starring Douglas Henshall, the controversial Tinsel Town, set in Glasgow s lively clubbing scene, or Glasgow Kiss, which portrays the city as a modern, airy place, inhabited by sympathetic, educated middle-class people [...]
Author |
: Sam Heughan |
Publisher |
: Hodder & Stoughton |
Total Pages |
: 492 |
Release |
: 2020-11-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781529342024 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1529342023 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Clanlands by : Sam Heughan
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER With a foreword by Diana Gabaldon. Two men. One country. And a lot of whisky. As stars of Outlander, Sam and Graham eat, sleep and breathe the Highlands on this epic road trip around their homeland. They discover that the real thing is even greater than fiction. Clanlands is the story of their journey. Armed with their trusty campervan and a sturdy friendship, these two Scotsmen are on the adventure of a lifetime to explore the majesty of Scotland. A wild ride by boat, kayak, bicycle and motorbike, they travel from coast to loch and peak to valley and delve into Scotland's history and culture, from timeless poetry to bloody warfare. With near-death experiences, many weeks in a confined space together, and a cast of unforgettable characters, Graham and Sam's friendship matures like a fine Scotch. They reflect on their acting careers in film and theatre, find a new awestruck respect for their native country and, as with any good road trip, they even find themselves. Hold onto your kilts... this is Scotland as you've never seen it before.