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A Taste of Honey

Af: Melanie Williams Engelsk Paperback

A Taste of Honey

Af: Melanie Williams Engelsk Paperback
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A Taste of Honey (1961) is a landmark in British cinema history. In this book, Melanie Williams explores the many, extraordinary ways in which it was trailblazing. It is the only film of the British New Wave canon to have been written by a woman – Shelagh Delaney, adapting her own groundbreaking stage play. At the behest of director Tony Richardson and his company, Woodfall, it was one of the first films to be made entirely on location, and was shot in an innovative, rough, poetic style by cinematographer Walter Lassally. It was also the launchpad for a new type of young female star in Rita Tushingham.

Tushingham plays the young heroine, Jo, who finds she is pregnant after her love affair with Jimmy (Paul Danquah), a Black sailor. When Jimmy’s ship sails away, Jo is comforted and supported by her gay friend Geoff (Murray Melvin), while her unreliable mother, Helen (Dora Bryan), has her own life to lead. Candid in its treatment of matters of gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality and motherhood, and highly distinctive in its evocation of place and landscape, A Taste of Honey marked the advent of new possibilities for the telling of working-class stories in British cinema. As such, its rich but complex legacy endures to this day.

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A Taste of Honey (1961) is a landmark in British cinema history. In this book, Melanie Williams explores the many, extraordinary ways in which it was trailblazing. It is the only film of the British New Wave canon to have been written by a woman – Shelagh Delaney, adapting her own groundbreaking stage play. At the behest of director Tony Richardson and his company, Woodfall, it was one of the first films to be made entirely on location, and was shot in an innovative, rough, poetic style by cinematographer Walter Lassally. It was also the launchpad for a new type of young female star in Rita Tushingham.

Tushingham plays the young heroine, Jo, who finds she is pregnant after her love affair with Jimmy (Paul Danquah), a Black sailor. When Jimmy’s ship sails away, Jo is comforted and supported by her gay friend Geoff (Murray Melvin), while her unreliable mother, Helen (Dora Bryan), has her own life to lead. Candid in its treatment of matters of gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality and motherhood, and highly distinctive in its evocation of place and landscape, A Taste of Honey marked the advent of new possibilities for the telling of working-class stories in British cinema. As such, its rich but complex legacy endures to this day.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 104
ISBN-13: 9781839021558
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1839021551
Udg. Dato: 20 apr 2023
Længde: 7mm
Bredde: 190mm
Højde: 135mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 20 apr 2023
Forfatter(e): Melanie Williams
Forfatter(e) Melanie Williams


Kategori Filmhistorie, teori & kritik


ISBN-13 9781839021558


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 104


Udgave


Længde 7mm


Bredde 190mm


Højde 135mm


Udg. Dato 20 apr 2023


Oplagsdato 20 apr 2023


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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