English cinema

In English Cinema 1957-1968 Ricardo Luiz de Souza analyses the course of English cinema from 1957_the inaugural milestone of Free Cinema_ until the end of the 1960s based on the study of various films made during this period. It was a period in which as always English cinema remained mostly tied to a reluctant academicism but in which a whole process of renewal was carried out during and after Free Cinema. This movement remained conservative in terms of film language and had an infinitely smaller influence practically nil in world terms. Today it is barely mentioned while the Nouvelle Vague remains praised discussed and recognised as a milestone. This oblivion however carries with it a good deal of injustice since memorable films linked to the movement were made. And yet in specific terms it is impossible to understand the evolution of English cinema without taking Free Cinema into account. After all although it had a fairly limited global reach it changed the course of British cinema.