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'''Sequence''' was a shortlived but influential British film journal founded in 1947 by [[Lindsay Anderson]], [[Gavin Lambert]] and [[Karel Reisz]].
'''Sequence''' was a shortlived but influential British film journal founded in 1947 by [[Lindsay Anderson]], [[Gavin Lambert]] and [[Karel Reisz]].


Anderson had returned to Oxford after his time with the army [[Intelligence Corps]] in [[Delhi]], Lambert was a schoolfriend of Anderson from [[Cheltenham College]] who had dropped out of English at [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalene College]] on discovering that he would have to study [[Middle English]] under [[C. S. Lewis]], while Reiz was a [[chemistry]] graduate from [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] who later said "I met Lindsay Anderson on a [[Green Line Coaches|Green Line]] bus. I was going to the [[British Film Institute]] to look at some film for my editing book and he was going to see Ford's [[The Iron Horse (film)|The Iron Horse]]."
Anderson had returned to Oxford after his time with the army [[Intelligence Corps]] in [[Delhi]], Lambert was a schoolfriend of Anderson from [[Cheltenham College]] who had dropped out of English at [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalene College]] on discovering that he would have to study [[Middle English]] under [[C. S. Lewis]], while Reiz was a [[chemistry]] graduate from [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] who later said "I met Lindsay Anderson on a [[Green Line Coaches|Green Line]] bus. I was going to the [[British Film Institute]] to look at some film for my editing book and he was going to see Ford's [[The Iron Horse (film)|The Iron Horse]]."<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20021128/ai_n12655212 Obituary: Karel Reisz], by Tom Vallance, [[The Independent]], November 28, 2002</ref>


Founded as the ''Film Society Magazine'', the organ of the Oxford Film Society, in 1947, with [[Penelope Houston (film critic)|Penelope Houston]] as its first editor, the journal quickly changed its name to ''Sequence'', and produced fourteen issues between 1947 and 1952. The British [[Free Cinema]] movement, co-founded in 1956 by [[Lindsay Anderson]], [[Karel Reisz]], [[Tony Richardson]] and [[Lorenza Mazzetti]], drew on the principles first expressed by the journal.
Founded as the ''Film Society Magazine'', the organ of the Oxford Film Society, in 1947, with [[Penelope Houston (film critic)|Penelope Houston]] as its first editor, the journal quickly changed its name to ''Sequence'', and produced fourteen issues between 1947 and 1952. The British [[Free Cinema]] movement, co-founded in 1956 by [[Lindsay Anderson]], [[Karel Reisz]], [[Tony Richardson]] and [[Lorenza Mazzetti]], drew on the principles first expressed by the journal.
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Revision as of 18:49, 13 February 2008

Sequence was a shortlived but influential British film journal founded in 1947 by Lindsay Anderson, Gavin Lambert and Karel Reisz.

Anderson had returned to Oxford after his time with the army Intelligence Corps in Delhi, Lambert was a schoolfriend of Anderson from Cheltenham College who had dropped out of English at Magdalene College on discovering that he would have to study Middle English under C. S. Lewis, while Reiz was a chemistry graduate from Emmanuel College, Cambridge who later said "I met Lindsay Anderson on a Green Line bus. I was going to the British Film Institute to look at some film for my editing book and he was going to see Ford's The Iron Horse."[1]

Founded as the Film Society Magazine, the organ of the Oxford Film Society, in 1947, with Penelope Houston as its first editor, the journal quickly changed its name to Sequence, and produced fourteen issues between 1947 and 1952. The British Free Cinema movement, co-founded in 1956 by Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson and Lorenza Mazzetti, drew on the principles first expressed by the journal.

References

  1. ^ Obituary: Karel Reisz, by Tom Vallance, The Independent, November 28, 2002