Tag Archives: Bradford
From Jane Eyre to Mary Poppins – de-coding the Brontes on film
I wrote this blogpost for a panel discussion we held with a screening of Jane Eyre (1943) at the Picturehouse Cinema at the National Media Museum in Bradford last Saturday. Novelist Mick Jackson, Bronte Parsonage Museum arts officer Lauren Livesey … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Film, Media
Tagged Bradford, Brontes, charlotte bronte, jane eyre, joan fontaine, orson welles
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Billy Liar, Bradford and the birth of the dollybird
“A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.” Everyone loves Billy Liar. Apart from whoever wrote imdb’s current bizarrely censorious plot summary … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Comedy, Film, Uncategorized
Tagged 60s, books, Bradford, cinema, culture, feminism, film, Helen Fraser, John Schlesinger, Julie Christie, kitchen sink drama, Peter Handford, tom courtenay
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