Discomfort and Joy: The Cinema of Bill Forsyth

by Jonathan Murray

Filmmaker Bill Forsyth is one of the most important and fondly regarded of all living Scottish artists. His filmmaking career, beginning with That Sinking Feeling (1979), paved the way for the emergence of an indigenous Scottish cinema. It also established Forsyth as one of the most distinctive and original voices in late twentieth-century European film. This book offers the first integrated and comprehensive study of the director's complete oeuvre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039113917
• ISBN13: 9783039113910
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"