Your Face Here: British Cult Movies Since the Sixties
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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, First Edition (5 Nov. 2001) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 304 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 184115203X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1841152035 |
by mr.marcus
Trivia/Not trivia for the obsessive like me, or true movie fans. I love mooching around sites where things like this happened and are still visitable. Filming is an historical event too, and its sites and locations as fascinating to me as the death spots of Thomas a Becket or Julius Caesar.
by Mrs J Morris
Your Face Here is a rattling good read from two first time authors with a boundless enthusiasm for Cult movies. I’d seen about half of the films on their list but now I’m itching to add to my video collection. They’ve got all the stories from the making of these films and some unbelievable tit-bits, it makes you wonder where they dug them up. The interviews are with everyone from Mike Leigh (probably the finest director working in this country) to Richard Griffiths, Uncle Monty from Withnail & I.
The best thing of all about this book is the style. It rattles along like a pub conversation with two very entertaining blokes who just love their subject. One of the most refreshing, entertaining books I’ve read in years. Hope there’s a sequel.