using one case study film assess the relationship between the industrial context and the representation of gender and sexuality in British cinema of the 1960s.

Using one case study film assess the relationship between the industrial context and the representation of gender and sexuality in British cinema of the 1960s

Introduction

Historian Arthur Marwick (1996 ,

.9 ) has indicated that the strong disturbances in politics and social conditions of the 1960s had a deep impact on British society . This impact in many different ways was as significant as the upheavals produced by the Second World War . As a result , the 1960s saw a rapid spread of many trends , such as the new developments in youth culture

protection of the interests of consumers official concern about a system of moral principles permissiveness and the continuance of class and racial collisions (Moore-Gilbert 1992 ,

br 89 . During this period British New Wave cinema was born . It emerged from the social and cultural upheaval of the late 1950s and experienced a break with past themes and cinematic traditions . The New Wave film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning directed by Karel Reisz , film adaptation of the novel by Alan Sillitoe , was given its premiere on 26 October 1960 . The film enjoyed considerable commercial success both in Britain and America

Main Body

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was a product of the New Wave of British film-making at the turn of the 1960s . Saturday Night and Sunday Morning brought instant expression of critical enthusiasm about its leading actor - Albert Finney in the role of Arthur Seaton , as well as applause galore for a number of supporting actresses among which were Rachel...