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The People’s Pictures: National Lottery Funding and British Cinema
Author: James Caterer
Date Of Publication: Nov 2011
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-3307-3
Isbn: 1-4438-3307-X
When John Major launched the UK’s National Lottery in 1994 he christened it “the people’s Lottery” and handed it to the mythical stewardship of the Everyman. But when the proceeds began to be distributed to worthy causes, including the British film industry, this populist rhetoric came under increasing strain. If Lottery funding is used to produce the type of British films which the public want to see, such as romantic comedies, then many question whether the market deserves such subsidy. Short films and low budget, experimental cinema – which often require state support – tend to go unwatched by large swathes of the Lottery ticket-buying public. This book explores the debates which were sparked by the arrival of “the people’s pictures”, and places them in historical context by examining their many precedents. Is public patronage a boon or a burden for filmmakers? And how do institutional cultures or political buzzwords affect the finished films? Case studies include the popular hits Billy Elliot (2000) and Shooting Fish (1997); art-house releases such as Love Is The Devil (1998) and Gallivant (1997); short films by Lynne Ramsey and David MacKenzie; and artists’ film and video work by Bill Viola and Tracey Emin.
Dr James Caterer is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University in the UK. His research on film policy and British cinema has been published in The Journal of British Cinema and Television, The International Journal of Cultural Policy, and in Sights Unseen: Unfinished British Cinema edited by Dan North.
“This is an excellent and unique study of National Lottery funding for the British film industry between 1995 and 2000, set against a comprehensive historical overview of film finance in this country. Caterer’s richly detailed book skilfully combines economic and institutional analyses with discussions of cultural policy and a wide range of films and video art.”
– Peter Krämer, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of East Anglia, UK
Price Uk Gbp: 39.99
Price Us Usd: 59.99
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