Adrian Brunel and British Cinema of the 1920s: The Artist versus the Moneybags
Josephine Botting, "Adrian Brunel and British Cinema of the 1920s: The Artist versus the Moneybags"
English | ISBN: 1399501356 | 2023 | 228 pages | PDF | 17 MB
English | ISBN: 1399501356 | 2023 | 228 pages | PDF | 17 MB
British cinema has been in the shadow of Hollywood for over a hundred years, constantly attempting to define itself in an effort to challenge its dominance. During the 1920s, a small group of intellectuals argued that injecting a level of ‘art’ into the medium was the way to do this, a view strongly opposed by the industry’s commercial forces.
Using the experiences of Adrian Brunel, Josephine Botting demonstrates how this clash affected the careers of filmmakers attempting to prove their theory. Brunel was cultured yet financially insecure, caught between the creative Bohemianism of 1920s London and a conventional, conservative film industry.
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