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Music Films: Documentaries, Concert Films and Other Cinematic … by Neil Fox (2024)

Today, we can identify a whole repertoire of music films, ranging from straightforward documentaries, concert films (mostly heavily edited), works directly connected to the music industry to promote sales and also the mockumentary, a parody of some of the aforementioned types of movies. But there are distinct features of the music film, depending on the […]

Rock’n’Roll Plays Itself: A Screen History by John Scanlan (2022)

When in the mid-1950s rock’n’roll as both commercial force and incarnation of teenage style invaded the charts and cinema screens, the new category was a bit too much for most common and well-aged (British and American) entertainment shows and representations on screen. In the early days, neither TV nor the film industry would grasp the […]