Psychedelic Celluloid: British Pop Music in Film and TV 1965-1974

by Simon Matthews

Overview

Illustrated throughout with color images of the period, Psychedelic Celluloid covers over 300 British and European films and TV shows from the Beatles via Bond spin offs to crazy personal follies de grandeur, Blow Up and its imitators, concert movies, documentaries, stylish horror films and many more. Carefully researched and drawing on interviews with some of the survivors of the era, this guide provides a witty and detailed account of each major production listing its stars, directors, producers and music and showing how they were linked to the fashion and trends of the period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843444572
Publisher:	Oldcastle Books
Publication date:	05/01/2017
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,130,502
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Simon Matthews has had a varied career including running the British Transport Films documentary film library and singing in semi-professional rock groups. He has contributed articles on music, film and cultural history to Record Collector, Shindig! and Lobster magazines.

Editorial Reviews

"For hard-core fans of 1965–74 British films, this volume is a worthy purchase." —Library Journal


"a worthy purchase."—Library Journal

From the Publisher

04/15/2017
Although published in paperback, this title is an engaging coffee table-type book. Matthews (Record Collector, Shindig!, and Lobster magazines) dedicates a page or two to each significant British film or television series that incorporated British pop music over what might be called the decade of Swinging London. Some of the films (e.g., Help!, A Clockwork Orange, and To Sir, with Love) were widely known back in the day and remain available today. Others are considerably more obscure, while a handful were never actually commercially released. Because of the wide diversity of popularity and availability of these works, this book will be more of a must-purchase for fans of British films and pop music than for general readers. However, the author does provides several genre-based profiles, as well as studies of influential individuals in British filmmaking, which help to contextualize the more obscure titles for readers who might not be familiar. VERDICT For hard-core fans of 1965–74 British films, this volume is a worthy purchase; for other readers, it's optional.—James E. Perone, Univ. of Mount Union, Alliance, OH

Library Journal