{"product_id":"the-bodies-beneath-9781907222726b","title":"The Bodies Beneath","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom occult rites in soft porn discos to Sooty the TV puppet's amphetamine problem, a feast of curiosities from British film and TV.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe past, they say, is another country, but as seen through the lens of British film and television, it is a deeply strange and unfamiliar land. From occult rites in soft porn discos to Sooty the TV puppet's amphetamine problem, from Old Mother Riley, and Vampire Hunter to Vincent Price's heart-attack-inducing cookery program, in this book veteran curators William Fowler and Vic Pratt have delved deep into the archives of the British Film Institute to serve up a feast of curiosities that will tempt the palate of even the most jaded cinephile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter considers a key aspect of British life as seen through the psychotronic lens of pop culture. Do \u003ci\u003eAll the Right Noises\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnder the Docto\u003c\/i\u003er tell us more about attitudes to marriage and sexuality than a sociological survey? Can American musicologist Alan Lomax capture a truer image of the weird rites of Cornish folk culture than a native Cornishman? Why was Peter Watkins's \u003ci\u003eThe War Game\u003c\/i\u003e banned from TV screens? These crucial questions, and many more, will be answered, and awkward truths told, by our highly informed, erudite and amusing guides to this cultural hinterland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strange Attractor Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42986356047952,"sku":"9781907222726B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/the-bodies-beneath-9781907222726b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}