Posted by Notcot on May 26, 2012 in
Cult Film 
After nearly two decades in Britain Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while but before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain. His aim was to take stock of the nation’s public face and private parts (as it were) and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy place names like Farleigh Wallop and Shellow Bowells people who said ‘Mustn’t grumble’ and Gardeners’ Question Time.
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Posted by Notcot on Dec 26, 2010 in
Noir 
An account of how popular films in America, just after the close of the Second World War, played out America’s mood at that crucial time. This book is also a revisionist challenge to the scholarly understanding of this mood, has tended to be seen as characterized by an abiding pessimism most clearly manifested in the films noir of the period.
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Posted by Notcot on Apr 2, 2010 in
Noir Tags: America, Average, family, FILM, Genres, Hollywood, Masculinity, Movies, Nation, Noir, Popular, Postwar, postwar america, rating, Reviews
