My Beautiful Laundrette: Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide

by Christine Geraghty

Described by Stuart Hall as ""one of the most riveting and important films produced by a black writer in recent years,"" My Beautiful Laundrette was a significant production for its director Stephen Frears and its writer Hanif Kureshi. Christine Geraghty considers it a crossover film: between television and cinema, realism and fantasy, and as an independent film targeting a popular audience. She deftly shows how it has remained an important and timely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185043414X
• ISBN13: 9781850434146
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.5"