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Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the twentieth century at multiple levels social political and educational The part of British cinema in this has been controversialoften derided as a whole but also vigorously celebrated especially in terms of specific films and filmmakers

In this Very Short Introduction Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers and studios and sponsorship against the wider view of changing artistic sociopolitical and industrial climates over the decades of the twentieth century Considering British cinema in the wake of one of the most familiar of cinematic reference pointsAlfred HitchcockBarr traces how British cinema has developed its own unique path and has since been celebrated for its innovative approaches and distinctive artistic language