Shepperton Babylon
Häftad bok. Faber . 2006. 388 sidor.
Mycket gott skick.
'A witty and entertaining
history of the British cinema.'
J. G. Ballard, Daily Telegraph
When he set out on his quest to uncover the secret history of British film Matthew Sweet didn't realise what an amazing, hilarious and haunting journey it would turn out to be. From conversations with hundreds of former British film stars and makers, now retired or living in old people's homes up and down the country, the lost world Matthew Sweet has uncovered is far more lurid, surprising and fascinating than he had dared imagine.
Featuring unlikely but true stories of sex scandals, Soho gangsters, nudie films, suicides, drugs, zombie movies and contract killings all told here for the first time, Shepperton Babylon is full of the most wonderful anecdotes, gossip and reminiscences - and British film has never seemed so exciting.
*A singular triumph... It makes our cinematic history vivid and invigorating in a way few books have yet managed. Empire
*Extraordinary ...There are anecdotes here that are not merely funny or poignant but downright haunting? Gilbert Adair, The Spectator
'Sweet sweeps from the silent era to the dizzy days of 1970s soft porn ... Fascinating, all of it.' The Times.
