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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Enjoy the book,
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This review is from: The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon: Edwardian Britain on Film (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book enormously. I'd heard about the film collection before the BBC series came out and really enjoyed seeing the footage on the screen. The book is not a 'spin-off' from the series but rather the foundation of the TV series! It's made up of a number of chapters each of which deals with a different aspect of the films and provides a wealth of both hard fact and informed speculation about the content of the films, their production and their implications for our understandings of both the Edwardian period and the films themselves. It does not attempt to be a coffee table book and concentrates on the context of the films rather than describing them. The DVD issued by the British Film Institute is the best way to see the films and this book is the best way to think about them! Getting the films into the public domain must have been an expensive and protracted process. On the one hand there was the technical expertise of the BFI and on the other hand the research carried out on the background to the films by the editors of and contributors to this book both of which contributed to the BBC series. A filmography will be published later in the year which will be a comprehensive listing to the films and this volume is a well written and well informed introduction to ways in which the films have already begun to change our picture of the period.I particularly enjoyed the chapters on the Football Films by David Russell and the development of transport by Ian Yearsley. I found it refreshing to read an account that did not talk down to me as reader and supplied such a wealth of detailed information. One of the great things about film is its profoundly democratic nature - everyone can be their own reviewer and judge - this book does not tell anyone how to think about the films - it just talks about them in the context of their time and offers a few keys to help unlock their mysteries. When the BFI release the DVD of a selection of the films these will allow us all to talk even more about the films and I look forward to it. This collection of essays is extremely interesting and I reckon its well worth reading. It is not heavyweight but it is not to light either. Ask for it at your local library if you don't want to buy it (sorry Amazon!).
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon: Edwardian Britain on Film (Paperback)
I would like to write some comments so that potential buyers will be aware of this book's shortcomings. While it will satisfy some, most people will be surprised if they are buying it unseen.The first thing you notice is that this is not at all the usual TV spin-off production. The content isn't particularly obscure, but BFI have treated it as a specialised interest academic publication, and produced it on a tight budget. Most noticeably small type and long line length mean the text is uncomfortable to read. And how can there be so few illustrations in a book with a visual subject? Is this a conscious ploy to make the book appear academic rather than popular? Evidence of lack of thought in production is that there are eight blank pages at the end, with half titles for the sections taking up further blank pages. Some of this space could have been better used for illustrations, or reducing the line length. The book is made up of a series of papers about the M&K films. Some papers are written in off-putting media studies speak. There is a lack of co-ordination between papers: one illustration is used twice and some obvious questions are not answered, such as how had the 35mm format come about at such an early date, and why did the BFI contact the old negatives to positive rather than digitise them? There is an unrealistic assumption of technical knowledge (for example the restoration chapter doesn't explain 'liquid gate' and I don't know what it means). I expected some sort of catalogue of the films, but there isn't one. There is however an index (in larger type than the text in an effort to use up some of the blank space). Dan Cruickshank's TV programmes have made M&K's films a major talking point of the moment. I hope BFI will be able to publish a more considered and worthy edition of this book.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Slightly disappointing,
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This review is from: The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon: Edwardian Britain on Film (Paperback)
I was expecting a book which was going to contain lots of photographs of the M and K films, perhaps with some text providing context. Unfortunately, the entire book is almost all taken up with what seems to be a bunch academic conference papers, with a writing style is a bit hard to stick with. It seems to be have written for researchers of social science rather then the general public. There are hardly any photographs at all in the book which like one other reviewer states is quite incomprehensible for a subject about film. I would hope there will be another book written which is less academic and more geared towards the general public with lots of photographs.
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