subject: Dvd Rental For The British [print this page] The shadow of Hollywood which certainly influences, if it doesn't actually produce, the bulk of films that we watch here in the UK.
So how does that affect the way that we Brits are portrayed and the way we portray ourselves?
There's a case that DVD rental can help us discover the answer to this questions since it allows viewers to take in the depth and breadth of films: the blockbusters that you'd be able to see in the cinema as well as the straight-to-dvd flops and the small-budget flicks that only got a very limited release.
Big UK sites such as Lovefilm boast that they're able to get every region 2 DVD available and if it's not listed on their site they'll find it and deliver it to users.
Finally, DVD rental free trials are still available which makes the whole thing a lot more palatable for Brits who are, lest we forget, still feeling the pinch as a result of the global recession.
Given that those three points mean that DVD rental by post is a very good idea, then, let's get on and focus on some of the films that could be rented by Brits.
Let's stop and note at this point that, as many people in the British film industry would gladly attest, there are and have been a number of hugely talented British people working in Hollywood.
Hitchcock was a Brit, and don't you forget it, so even American classics such as Rear Window and The Birds should instil some British pride.
Let's note also the many British characters in American films which have served to make them more haughty, more stand-offish or just generally show Americans how a British accent should sound.
Not that, having said that, tripping up while sounding British is a fault entirely reserved for Americans. Keira Knightly did a pretty good job of butchering the accent in Domino despite the fact that she's actually from the UK.
In any case, let's run down some movies from different eras of British films.
Sir Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944) and Hamlet (1948) are some beautiful films which also happen to encapsulate the work of perhaps our most famous writer.
Any British history wouldn't be complete without Carol's The Third Man (1949) and then war films like The Dam Busters.
Moving on, most of the Hammer Horror films are worth a watch.
Kitchen sink dramas such as A Taste of Honey are also must-watches.
