Your Face Here: British Cult Movies Since the Sixties
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‘The film book of the year. Reserve your copy now.’ HOTDOG
The definitive guide to the history and location of Britain’s most famous cult movies, from A Hard Day’s Night to Trainspotting, with dozens of new interviews, unseen photographs, maps and film sites – and how to find them.
“You’re a big man, but you’re in bad shape”; “I demand to have some booze!”; “Choose Life…”
A Hard Day’s Night, If, Performance, A Clockwork Orange, Get Carter, The Wicker Man, Quadrophenia, Withnail & I, Naked, Trainspotting…
In the 1990s an industry has grown up around certain British cult movies – soundtracks, videos, internet sites and fully-fledged cinema reissues. The makers of these films have become icons of cool, revered throughout the worlds of film, music and fashion. But what makes these films into lifestyles? Your Face Here will tell you why and how.
Ali Catterall and Simon Wells have talked to writers, filmmakers and eyewitnesses, and scouted dozens of location sites to create the definitive history of and guide to over thirty years of British cult movies. Fully illustrated.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Fourth Estate, New edition (7 Oct. 2002) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 336 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0007145543 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0007145546 |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 1.91 x 19.05 cm |
by JT
This is one of the best film books I’ve ever read. Bursting with passion and personality, it’s my go-to present for anyone with the slightest interest in the topic
by Matthew Hewittt
Despite the fact that most (but not all) of the titles here run like a list of my favourite films, I somehow managed to miss this at the time of publication but recently had it recommended to me due to the chapter on ‘Performance’. Although enjoyable enough for the most part and sensibly puts the films put in their correct social and historical context, it does contain an astonishing amount of factual errors to the point where I began to question the veracity of the ‘new’ information. I also found the anecdotal, ‘insider-view’ style of some of the prose superficial and rather irritating given the fact that the book is clearly heavily researched and the work of two relatively young writers.
That the second edition was updated to include the dreaded ‘Lock Stock…’ taints it somewhat, also.
by baby dayz
Your face here is a great read. Highly recommend it.
by William T. Luther
It’s a crime that this book is out of print because I don’t think I’ve ever read such an informative book on British cinema before. Author’s Wells and Catterall delve into British cult films from the 60’s through to the 90’s. No scene, location, actor/actress, plot or origin is left untouched. You’ll find everything you need to know about why they chose to shoot a scene in “Get Carter” in a carpark, what became of the alley where Jimmy shagged in “Quadrophenia”, how David Thewillis and fellow cast members were nearly arrested during the filming of “Naked” or how Mick Jagger wound up in “Performance”. I’m on my third copy, my previous two were given to good friends as gifts, now all I have is a rain sodden, dog eared copy. Do yourself a favor, if you like films like “If”, “Get Carter”, “The Wicker Man”, “Withnail & I”, “A Hard Day’s Night” or “Trainspotting” (just to name a few)track down a copy.