Withnail and I - Kevin Jackson

Withnail and I

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
112 Seiten
2022 | 2nd edition
BFI Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-83902-545-7 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
Withnail and I sank almost without a trace when it was first released in 1987. Financed by HandMade Films, the late George Harrison’s production company, and drawing heavily on first-time writer-director Bruce Robinson's experiences, this virtually plot-free story follows two out-of-work actors (Withnail, played by Richard E. Grant, and 'I', played by Paul McGann), eking out a living in a run-down London of the late 1960s, and embarking on a booze-fuelled weekend in the country which takes various unexpected turns. Although it initially failed to find an audience, it did not take long for the film to attract a dedicated cult following which still persists today. Lines from the film such as 'we've gone on holiday by mistake!' and 'Bring me the finest wines known to humanity!' have become popular favourites and the subject of countless internet memes.

Kevin Jackson's in-depth study gives a full account of the film's origins and production history. But his main focus is the mood and magic of the film, its aesthetics and sensibility, seeking to show, without ever detracting from the film's comic brilliance, just how much more there is to Withnail and I than drunkenness and swearing. 'It is an outstandingly touching yet witheringly unsentimental drama of male friendship,' Jackson writes, 'a bleak up-ending of the English pastoral dream, a piece of ferocious verbal inventiveness' - and, without question, one of the greatest of all British films.

In his new foreword to this edition, writer Bharat Tandon pays tribute to to both Withnail's peculiar genius and enduring appeal, and to his close friend Kevin Jackson.

Kevin Jackson (1955-2021) was a writer, broadcaster and film-maker. His books include Constellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism Year One (2012), and BFI Film Classics on Lawrence of Arabia (2007) and Nosferatu:eine Symphonie des Grauens (2013). He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Companion of the Guild of St George, and a Regent of the College de Pataphysique, as well as a regular contributor to BBC radio programmes, including BBC Radio 4's Saturday Review.

Acknowledgments
Foreword to the 2022 edition
Introduction: Withnail and Me
1. A Terrible Cult?
2. The Arena of the Unwell
3. A Kingdom of Rains
4. The Last Island of Beauty
5. The Company of Wolves
Notes
Credits

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie BFI Film Classics
Zusatzinfo 60 colour illus
Sprache englisch
Maße 135 x 190 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-83902-545-X / 183902545X
ISBN-13 978-1-83902-545-7 / 9781839025457
Zustand Neuware
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