most of its history English film was in the shadow of Hollywood. Therefore, despite the fact that he gave the world many artists and beautiful pictures, always seemed as if he is in deep crisis. And yet, thanks to the efforts of such film companies, . as "Goldcrest", . "Hendmeyd Films" and "Palace Pictures", . as well as television stations Channel 4 and BBC "-2, . British film industry today is in many ways feels better, . than in previous decades,
. British paintings have won numerous Oscars. Among them were the colorful history tapes like "Gandhi" (1982) Richard Attenborough, and such "costume" dramas, adaptations, like "Hauards End" (1992), Merchant and Ivory. Other films reflect the life of modern Britain? "My beautiful laundress" (1985), "romp" (1992) and "Four Weddings and a Funeral", a painting, which became in 1994 the most cash-British band of all time. Repeatedly awarded "Oscars" and British actors. Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Ben Kingsley, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Ayronz, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson - all of them in recent years received awards for acting. British director Alan Parker, Nicholas Ray, Adrian Lyne, the brothers Ridley and Tony Scott also made a name for himself in Hollywood. Not less successfully used the tapes and social orientation, as well as those that is peculiar artistic style. Awards were awarded filmmakers Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway, Mike Leigh and Ken Loach. More pictures than ever produced in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. And the English masters of special effects are among the best in the world. Yet the future of British cinema would look lighter, if he finally abandoned the obsession to compete with America. Nevertheless, cinema has played an important role in the social life of these countries in a crisis of communist ideas late 1980. Pictures of Krzysztof Zanussi, Agnieszka Holland and Andrzej Wajda had a substantial support union "Solidarity" during unrest in Poland in 1980? 1981. Since the collapse of communism in the late 1980's, reorganized film industry in Eastern Europe is experiencing an acute shortage of funds.