title: British National Cinema (National Cinemas)
author:  Sarah Street 
description: 'An easy overview of British cinematic history.' - CHOICE<br /><br /><strong>'An easy overview of British cinematic history.' </strong><em>- CHOICE</em>
zlib_text: BFI Film Classics
  The BFI Film Classics series introduces, interprets and celebrates 
  landmarks of world cinema. Each volume offers an argument for 
  the film’s ‘classic’ status, together with discussion of its production 
  and reception history, its place within a genre or national cinema, an 
  account of its technical and aesthetic importance, and in many cases, 
  the author’s personal response to the film.
  For a full list of titles in the series, please visit  
  https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/bfi-film-classics/
  
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  Babette’s Feast
  Julian Baggini
  
  THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE
  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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  First published in Great Britain 2020 by Bloomsbury on behalf of the  
  British Film Institute
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  The BFI is the lead organisation for film in the UK and the distributor of Lottery funds for film. 
  Our mission 