Lindsay Anderson Revisited: Unknown Aspects of a Film Director

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This book is about the British film-maker Lindsay Anderson. Anderson was a highly influential personality within British cinema, mostly famous for landmark films like This Sporting Life (1963) and If....(1968). Lindsay Anderson Revisited deals primarily with hitherto unexplored aspects of his career: his biographical background in the British upper class, his devoted film criticism, and his angry relationship to contemporary society in general. Thus, the book contains chapters about his childhood in India, his writings about John Ford, his relationship to French star Serge Reggiani, his work on TV in the 1950s, his troubles with the British film establishment, and his gradually emerging preoccupation with being Scottish, not English. Also featured are chapters written by close friends of Anderson, who died in 1994, dwelling on his penchant for controversy and quarrel, but also on his remarkable artistic talent and commitment.

About the author

Erik Hedling is Professor of Film Studies at Lund University, Sweden. He is the author of Lindsay Anderson: Maverick Film-Maker (Cassell, 1998).
Christophe Dupin is the Senior Administrator of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) in Brussels, and a film historian. He produced and curated the BFI’s DVD box-set on Free Cinema, of which Lindsay Anderson was the central figure.

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