{"product_id":"9781350205239","title":"A Life in 16 Films : How Cinema Made a Playwright","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteve Waters examines how the very idea of film has defined him as a playwright and a person in this book. Through the the lens of cinema, it provides a cultural and political snapshot of life in Britain from the 2nd part of the 20th century up to the present day. The films spanning almost a century, starting with The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) and moving most recently to Dark Waters (2019), each chapter examines aspects of Waters's journey from his working-class Midlands upbringing to working in professional theatre to living through the Covid epidemic, through the prism of a particular film. From The Wizard of Oz to Code Unknown, from sci-fi to documentary, from queer cinema to world cinema, this honest, comic book offers a view of film as a way of thinking about how we live. In doing so, it illuminates culture and politics in the UK over half a century and provides an intimate insight into drama and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48953346654443,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":60.33,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781350205239-1.jpg?v=1783098295","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9781350205239","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}