British New Wave

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British New Wave was a late-1950s and early-1960s British film movement known for its gritty social realism, focus on working-class life, and stylistic break from traditional studio filmmaking.

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instanceOf cinematic movement ⓘ
film movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
emergedFrom Free Cinema documentary movement ⓘ
hasAlternativeName British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave

British New Wave film movement ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave

British New Wave of cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
hasCharacteristic black-and-white cinematography ⓘ
break from traditional studio filmmaking ⓘ
critique of class structure ⓘ
depiction of youth disillusionment ⓘ
focus on working-class life ⓘ
gritty realism ⓘ
kitchen sink realism ⓘ
location shooting ⓘ
naturalistic acting ⓘ
regional accents ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
use of non-professional actors ⓘ
industryContext British film industry ⓘ
influenced British social realist cinema ⓘ
contemporary British independent film ⓘ
later British television drama ⓘ
influencedBy Angry Young Men movement ⓘ
linked to: Angry Young Men

British theatre of social realism ⓘ
linked to: Social realism

French New Wave ⓘ
Italian Neorealism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementPeriod early 1960s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ
notableDirector John Schlesinger ⓘ
Karel Reisz ⓘ
Lindsay Anderson ⓘ
Tony Richardson ⓘ
notableScreenwriter Alan Sillitoe ⓘ
John Osborne ⓘ
Shelagh Delaney ⓘ
notableWork A Taste of Honey ⓘ
Billy Liar ⓘ
Look Back in Anger ⓘ
Room at the Top ⓘ
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ⓘ
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
This Sporting Life ⓘ
primaryMedium feature film ⓘ
relatedMovement Free Cinema ⓘ
Kitchen sink realism ⓘ
stylisticBreakFrom heritage-style literary adaptations ⓘ
traditional British studio melodrama ⓘ
typicalProductionMode low-budget production ⓘ
typicalSetting industrial towns in Northern England ⓘ
working-class neighborhoods ⓘ
typicalTheme alienation ⓘ
aspiration and frustration ⓘ
class conflict ⓘ
constraints of social mobility ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
marital breakdown ⓘ
sexual relationships ⓘ

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Australian New Wave cinema → influencedBy → British New Wave ⓘ
The Entertainer (1960 film) → partOf → British New Wave ⓘ
French New Wave → influenced → British New Wave ⓘ
Tom Jones (1963 film) → partOf → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
subject linked to: Tom Jones
linked to: British New Wave
Ken Loach → influenced → British social realist filmmakers ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Look Back in Anger → influenced → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
British New Wave → hasAlternativeName → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
British New Wave → hasAlternativeName → British New Wave film movement ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
British New Wave → hasAlternativeName → British New Wave of cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Rita Tushingham → notableFor → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Rita Tushingham → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Two Cities Films → associatedWithMovement → British realist cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Woodfall Film Productions → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Tony Richardson → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Lindsay Anderson → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
The L-Shaped Room → filmMovement → British New Wave ⓘ
Chris Menges → movement → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Carol Reed → influenced → British New Wave filmmakers ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
kitchen sink realism → movementWithin → British New Wave ⓘ
If.... → filmMovement → British New Wave ⓘ
Walter Lassally → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Walter Lassally → influenced → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Billy Liar → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Otto Heller → movement → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Jack Clayton → movement → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Angry Young Men → influenced → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
British film industry → historicalPeriod → British New Wave ⓘ
British film industry → notableMovement → British New Wave ⓘ
Karel Reisz → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Karel Reisz → knownFor → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Room at the Top → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Room at the Top → partOf → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
This Sporting Life → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Alan Sillitoe → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Alan Sillitoe → influenced → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Shelagh Delaney → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Free Cinema → influenced → British New Wave ⓘ
Free Cinema documentary movement → influenced → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Ken Russell → movement → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
Up the Junction → associatedWith → British New Wave ⓘ
Look Back in Anger (1959 film) → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
The Servant → filmMovement → British New Wave ⓘ
Bryan Forbes → movement → British New Wave cinema ⓘ
linked to: British New Wave
A Kind of Loving → partOfMovement → British New Wave ⓘ
Clive Donner → movement → British New Wave ⓘ
Rita Tushingham → notableFor → British New Wave films ⓘ
subject linked to: Tushingham
linked to: British New Wave