Andrew Spicer Andrew2.Spicer@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Cultural Production
Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history
Spicer, Andrew H.
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Abstract
The crisis in film studies and history concerning their legitimacy and objectives has provoked a reinvigoration of scholarly energy in historical enquiry. 'New film history' attempts to address the concerns of historians and film scholars by working self-reflexively with an expanded range of sources and a wider conception of 'film' as a dynamic set of processes rather than a series of texts. The practice of new film history is here exemplified through a detailed case study of the independent British producer Michael Klinger (active 1961-87) with a specific focus on his unsuccessful attempt to produce a war film, Green Beach, based on a memoir of the Dieppe raid (August 1942). This case study demonstrates the importance of analysing the producer's role in understanding the complexities of film-making, the continual struggle to balance the competing demands of creativity and commerce. In addition, its subject matter - an undercover raid and a Jewish hero - disturbed the dominant myths concerning the Second World War, creating what turned out to be intractable ideological as well as financial problems. The paper concludes that the concerns of film historians need to engage with broader cultural and social histories. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
Citation
Spicer, A. H. (2010). Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 8(3), 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2010.499771
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Sep 1, 2010 |
Deposit Date | Jul 14, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 15, 2016 |
Journal | New Review of Film and Television Studies |
Print ISSN | 1740-0309 |
Electronic ISSN | 1740-7923 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 297-314 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2010.499771 |
Keywords | film history, film producer, Michael Klinger |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/975883 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2010.499771 |
Additional Information | Additional Information : This is an electronic version of an article published in "Spicer, A. (2010) Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 8 (3). pp. 297-314." New Review of Film and Television Studies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17400309.2010.499771. |
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