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Book SynopsisWhat happened to UK cinema and TV when swinging London ended?
Looking for a New England covers the period 1975 to 1986, from
Slade in Flame to
Absolute Beginners. A carefully researched exploration of transgressive films, the career of David Bowie, dystopias, the Joan Collins ouevre, black cinema, the origins...
Trade ReviewMatthews clearly knows his stuff * Fortean Times *
Simon Matthews's comprehensive and enjoyable overview... excels as a gazetteer of film genres as varied as black cinema, dystopian futures, the rise and fall of punk rock, 1980s agitprop, and the big-screen careers of Joan Collins and David Bowie * The Spectator *
This absorbing, fact-filled book highlights numerous obscure but deserving British pictures alongside chapters on punk, Bowie and other dissenting voices who kept alive a spirit of adventure and transgression in a period that began with the grittiness of Slade in Flame and wrapped with the glossy, ill-conceived Absolute Beginners * Herald *
Short review quote in here -- Thomas Patterson * Shindig! *
Hugely enjoyable * Lion & Unicorn *
