Alan Clarke
Worth buying if: You follow British cinema and directors’ careers.
Skip it if: You expect a comprehensive biography with personal archives.
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Summary
Richard Kelly offers a 243-page critical examination of Alan Clarke’s work, exploring the director’s themes, techniques, and impact across his filmography in a single-volume study from Faber and Faber (1998).
Why this book now
This book brings focused critical attention to Alan Clarke at a time when film scholarship re-evaluates late-20th-century British directors.
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- You follow British cinema and directors’ careers.
- You want a single-volume critical study of Alan Clarke.
- You expect a comprehensive biography with personal archives.
- You’re looking for a film-script collection or screenplay reprints.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780571196098
Worth buying if: You follow British cinema and directors’ careers.
Skip it if: You expect a comprehensive biography with personal archives.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At 243 pages, this is a focused critical book suited to sustained reading over several sessions or as a reference to dip into by film or theme.
What stands out here
The Faber and Faber 1998 edition presents Richard Kelly’s single-author study of Alan Clarke’s films and stylistic concerns.
Best way to approach it
Approach it as a close-reading critical text: read chapters on individual films consecutively or consult specific essays when researching Clarke’s techniques.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780571196098
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