{"product_id":"the-faber-book-of-british-cinema","title":"The Faber Book of British Cinema","description":"The Faber Book of British Cinema chronicles a near-century of British film from the arrival of sound to the advent of streaming. It captures the essence of a uniquely fascinating cinema: hybrid in nature, it draws inspiration from a European arthouse tradition, but is also a multi-billion-dollar business that exploits the opportunities that come from sharing a language with the world's most powerful film industry - Hollywood. The book offers not a detached survey, but a rich, narrative-driven biography, capturing the hopes, dreams  and ambitions of the people who were - and are - part of the British cinema's story. In recounting the contributions of a large cast of personalities who shaped that cinema over a hundred years, the book weaves a tapestry of individuals who include such well-known names as  Alfred Hitchcock, Alexander Korda, Powell \u0026amp; Pressburger, Carol Reed, David Lean, Tony Richardson, John Schlesinger, David Puttnam, Alan Parker, Ridley Scott, Jeremy Isaacs, Sally Potter, Danny Boyle, Andrea Arnold, and Steve McQueen.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536459374965,"sku":"9780571369027","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/the-faber-book-of-british-cinema","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}