Ismail Merchant, Harry Alan Towers and Post-Imperial 'British' Cinema Articles uri icon

publication date

  • January 2012

start page

  • 58

end page

  • 76

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 9

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1743-4521

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1755-1714

abstract

  • This article is an attempt to make a productive comparison between two film producers who are seemingly as diamtrically opposed as film-makers can be: Ismail Merchant- famed for "quality" costume dramas that have been described as "redentlessly highbrow" (Higson 2003: 132)- and Harry Alan Towers -a producer (in)famous for exploitation films of various genres, including horror films, soft-core pornography and aventure films among others- [...]

keywords

  • film; radio; television