Film History & Theory

Imelda Whelehan, De Montfort University, UK Post-war Adaptations: 1946-59 discusses Hollywood in the latter stages of its golden age, releasing masterpiece adaptations such as It's A Wonderful Life (1946), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Third Man (1949), All About Eve (1950), Rear Window (1954), The Night of the Hunter (1955) and Vertigo (1958). Noted scholar Imelda Whelehan examines key adaptations of this period and considers the impact of social change, film consumption and film tastes, as well as noting the most popular genres at this time, as issues of identity, family life and social cohesion, relations between the sexes and the hidden dangers of Cold War politics came to the fore.

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 240 pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781628924756 • £19.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781628923902 • £74.00 / $110.00 ePub 9781628925708 • £20.70 / $26.95 ePdf 9781628922844 • £20.70 / $26.95 Series: Bloomsbury Adaptation Histories • Bloomsbury Academic Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy

Edited by Gregory Frame, Bangor University, UK & Nathan Abrams, Bangor University, UK This collection seeks to reinvigorate debate around this fascinating period of film history - the American New Wave. It also looks in part to demonstrate the legacy of aesthetic experimentation and political radicalism after 1980 as part of the ‘legacy’ of the New Wave. Thanks to important new work that questions received scholarly wisdom, the book reveals previously marginalised filmmakers, considers new genres, personnel, and films under the banner of ‘New Wave, New Hollywood’, and reevaluates the traditional approaches and perspectives on the films that have enjoyed most critical attention.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 240 pages • 15 bw illus HB 9781501360404 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781501360398 • £83.60 / $108.00 ePdf 9781501360381 • £83.60 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic

The Cinema of Discomfort

Disquieting, Awkward and Uncomfortable Experiences in Contemporary Art and Indie Film

Geoff King, Brunel University London, UK How do we understand types of cinema that offer experiences of discomfort, awkwardness or disquieting uncertainty? This book examines a number of examples of such work in contemporary art and indie film. Cinema of this kind confronts us with material such as distinctly uncomfortable sexual encounters and uncertain relationships with awkward and sometimes unlikable characters. It often refuses information on which to base judgments or – more uncomfortably – emotional responses. Case studies examined included films from the US, UK, Austria, Greece, Sweden and Germany, with such cinema understood as a product of both its socio-cultural and industrial/ institutional contexts.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 304 pages • 30 bw illus HB 9781501359309 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePub 9781501359293 • £90.50 / $117.00 ePdf 9781501359286 • £90.50 / $117.00 Bloomsbury Academic

Fashioning James Bond

Costume, Gender and Identity in the World of 007

Llewella Chapman, University of East Anglia, UK The first book to study the costumes and fashions of the James Bond movie franchise, from Sean Connery in 1962's Dr No to Daniel Craig in Spectre (2015), addressing Bond girls, femmes fatales, villains and M16 colleagues as well as changing incarnations of Bond himself. Llewella Chapman draws on original archival research, close analysis of the costumes and fashion brands featured in the Bond films, interviews with families of tailors and shirt-makers who assisted in creating the ‘look’ of James Bond, and considers marketing strategies for the films and tie-in merchandise that promoted the idea of an aspirational ‘James Bond lifestyle’.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 368 pages • 8 colour and 46 bw illus PB 9781350258488 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350145481 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350164666 • £17.99 / $23.44 ePdf 9781350164659 • £17.99 / $23.44 Bloomsbury Academic