Get Carter and Beyond: the Cinema of Mike Hodges

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Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Paul Mayersberg; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Early Years; Chapter 2: Criminal Past: Get Carter; Chapter 3: Taking on the Gangsters: Pulp; Chapter 4: Mind Control: The Terminal Man; Chapter 5: Back Home: Screenplays; Chapter 6: Disco in the Sky: Flash Gordon; Chapter 7: Back to the Box -- and on to Fellini; Chapter 8: The Alternative Approach: Morons From Outer Space; Chapter 9: Cut and Trust: A Prayer for the Dying; Chapter 10: Faith and Fakery: Black Rainbow; Chapter 11: Turned on by Television: Dandelion Dead and The Healer.;Mike Hodges, British film director of seminal works such as Get Carter and Croupier as well as blockbusters, including Flash Gordon, talks to the author about his work in film. Get Carter and Beyond takes the reader through the career of Mike Hodges, exploring decades of life in Hollywood and British film-making and the work of an auteur. This first-ever book on Mike Hodges covers the inside stories of working in mainstream and arthouse cinema in both the UK and Hollywood. The book includes: - Foreword by Michael Caine - a brief look at Hodges formative years, his childhood, education, and tel. Cover Title Contents Acknowledgements Foreword by Paul Mayersberg Introduction Chapter 1: The Early Years Chapter 2: Criminal Past: Get Carter Chapter 3: Taking on the Gangsters: Pulp Chapter 4: Mind Control: The Terminal Man Chapter 5: Back Home: Screenplays Chapter 6: Disco in the Sky: Flash Gordon Chapter 7: Back to the Box -- and on to Fellini Chapter 8: The Alternative Approach: Morons From Outer Space Chapter 9: Cut and Trust: A Prayer for the Dying Chapter 10: Faith and Fakery: Black Rainbow Chapter 11: Turned on by Television: Dandelion Dead and The Healer. Chapter 12: Beating the Odds: Croupier and I'll Sleep When I'm DeadFilmography About the Author Index Copyright.