![]() ![]() ![]() Like many explorations, Sweet misses as much as he finds. His book combines meticulous research with primary interviews to highlight the areas of British national cinema which are worthy of popular and critical re-examination. Matthew Sweet’s Shepperton Babylon adds to this current trend. Low’s prejudices and preferences are now being challenged by revisionist film historians. The academic discipline has been long overshadowed by Rachael Low’s seminal, multi-volume The History of the British Film. Yet much of British cinema remains “lost” to the popular imagination, non-existent beyond Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, John Grierson, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Modules on the native film industry are a staple component of most film studies courses in UK universities. The BBC’s recent series The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon was an admirable success. The rediscovery of British cinema is underway. ![]()
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