Gothic London: Recreating the Ancient City on Screen

Gothic or 'gaslight' visions of London have remained popular with cinema audiences. This lecture walks through an eerie Victorian London on film.
A lecture by Professor Ian Christie, Visiting Professor in the History of Film and Media 24 September 2018
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The earliest London-made films showed the Victorian city doing everyday business, before its fictional screen image became increasingly shadowy and sinister. Gothic or 'gaslight' visions of London have remained popular with cinema audiences, providing a fictional and often eerie counterpoint to the growth of the modern city.
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Just loved this lecture. What a great treat to film lovers. A must see.

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Absolutely brilliant, comprehensive, and a fresh vertical drilling down into Dickens and the Gothic creation of a reoccurring theme via Christmas Carol and the Ripper murders in this lecture as applied to vintage film media and a vision for the next Gothic generation