Monday, February 8, 2010

Task 3

Films set in the nation
  • 1983- House of the long Shadows- directed by Pete Walkers
  • 1995- The english man who went up a hill but came down a mountain- directed by Christopher Monger- starring Hugh Grant
  • 2003- I'll be there- directed by scottish comedian Craig Ferguson- starring welsh singer Charlotte Church
  • 2008- The edge of love- starring Matthew Rhys, kiera knightly and sienna Miller- directed by John Maybury and set in swansea, South Wales
  • 2007- The Baker- directed by Gareth Lewis
  • 2006- Little White Lies-directed by Caradog W. James
  • 1962- Only Two Can Play- starring Peter sellers- directed by Sidney Gilliat
  • 1944- The Halfway House- directed by Basil Dearden
  • 1949- A Run For Your Money- directed by Charles Frend
  • 1932- The Old Dark House- directed by James Whale
  • 1996- August- directed by Margam, Starring Anthony Hopkins and set in North wales
Notable Actors

  • Catherine Zeta Jones- No Reservations, Ocean's twelve, American's Sweethearts and Titanic
  • Charlotte Church- I'll be there, Heartbeat, Touched by an angel
  • Keith Allen- Robin Hood, The good night, The others, Trainspotting (Very British Film)
  • Anthony Hopkins- The Wolfman, Hannibal, Mission Impossible 2, The Silence of the lambs
  • Clinton Greyn, Anthony O'Donnel, Owain Yeoman, Rachel Roberts and Helen Griffin

Notable Directors

  • Peter Greenaway- The Marriage, Nightwatching, The Bridge
  • Christopher Monger- A sense of wonder, Waiting for the light, The english man who went up a hill but came down a mountain- starring Hugh Grant.

Useful Resources on the cinema of this nation

  • IMDB.com
  • Wikipedia.com

Key Themes in These Films

  • Alot of these films centre around a male protagonist
  • The setting is usually in the country not a big city like london
  • Alot of the films have a theme of conflict and war, especially the older films
  • The films tend to concentrate on the working class characters