Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale - Couverture souple

Murray, Andy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909394467 ISBN 13 : 9781909394469

Editeur : Headpress, 2017

Synopsis

Fully revised and updated new edition of the biography of legendary scriptwriter Nigel Kneale.

Since the earliest blossoming of British television drama, scriptwriter Nigel Kneale has been a seminal figure. His BBC Quatermass serials were seismic events in Fifties popular culture, becoming internationally successful when adapted for the big screen. His later TV plays, such as The Road, The Stone Tape and The Year of the Sex Olympics, skilfully blended elements of science fi ction and the ghost story, and remain hugely influential classics.

This fully revised new edition of Kneale's biography charts his extraordinary career, from his childhood on the Isle of Man, to his fraught days at the BBC, strange adventures in Hollywood, and eventually status as a legend to legions of devotees. It draws on a wealth of research and many hours of interviews with the subject himself, as well as prominent admirers including John Carpenter, Ramsey Campbell, Grant Morrison, Russell T Davies, and Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson of the League of Gentlemen.

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À propos de l?auteur

A prolific writer and critic with a particular interest in cult British film and television, Andy Murray programmed the annual Darkness Over Britain screenings at Manchester's Cornerhouse and was consultant to the BBC4 documentary The Kneale Tapes. Andy Murray lectures in Film Journalism at the University of Salford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Headpress
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909394467
• ISBN 13: 9781909394469
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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