Looking for a New England: Action, Time, Vision: Music, Film and TV 1975 - 1986

by Simon Matthews

Overview

What happened to UK cinema and TV when swinging London ended? Looking for a New England covers the period 1975 to 1986, from Slade in Flame to Absolute Beginners.

A carefully researched exploration of transgressive films, the career of David Bowie, dystopias, the Joan Collins ouevre, black cinema, the origins and impact of punk music, political films, comedy, how Ireland and Scotland featured on our screens and the rise of Richard Branson and a new, commercial, mainstream. The sequel to Psychedelic Celluloid, it describes over 100 film and TV productions in detail, together with their literary, social and musical influences during a time when profound changes shrank the size of the UK cinema industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857304117
Publisher:	Oldcastle Books
Publication date:	09/01/2021
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Simon Matthews writes about music, film, culture and politics for Shindig!, Lobster and Lion & Unicorn. Psychedelic Celluloid, his illustrated history of UK music, film and TV between 1965 and 1974 was published by Oldcastle Books in 2016.