The Last picture show? : Britain's changing film audience / David Docherty, David Morrison and Michael Tracey

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Docherty, David

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Publication details: London : British Film Institute, 1987Description: 152 pISBN:

0851702015

Summary: Once upon a time, in 1946, was the Golden Age of the British cinema, the age of Ealing and Anna Neagle. In this year cinema admissions stood at a massive 1600 million. Then carne television. By the late 1980s the box office had shrunk to a mere 50 million ticket sales a year, as video completed the decimation which television had begun. That at least is the received wisdom. As the authors of this new report on the film audience show, it isn't quite as simple. With the help of new data gathered from an extensive survey, David Docherty, David Morrison and Michael Tracey enquire into all aspects of the cinemagoing habit. Who goes, how often, with whom? How is cinemagoing affected by family status, age, class? Do people prefer to watch films on video? lf so, why? And just what do people get out of films anyway? This book is the first to attempt detailed answers to such questions. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC	CC24.3 Doc 87	1	Available		1900029162

A la coberta: Broadcasting Research Unit

Introduction: The British Are Coming (Again) -- 1. Living in a Material World: The Cinema Audience 1946-86 -- 2. Leisure and the Cinema Audience -- 3. Welcome to the Videodrome -- 4. The Pleasures of Films -- Appendix: Research Methodology -- Index

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