Brian McFarlane is an Adjunct Associate Professor attached to the English Department and was Visiting Professor at the University of Hull.

• AcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction1. A very young film critic2. What deprivation can do for you3. City lights4. Back to the bush5. The Great World, sort of…6. The importance of being earnest7. Fun in Acapulco (nothing to do with Elvis) … or A man’s gotta dream…8. Combining business and pleasure 9. Getting to know them10. Putting it down and getting it altogether

Knowledgeable and such fun. This man really knows and loves movies...highly entertaining picaresque confession of a film fanatic's journey from the Wimmera to the World ... Brian's own story and his arcane knowledge of cinema are equally delicious and infectious, both told with impeccable drolleryIt is easy to tell that this book has been a labour of love. Brian McFarlane is a true movie 'buff', but one who knows what he is talking about. It is a joy to share his knowledge and enthusiasm."Film Studies scholars don’t generally write their memoirs, so Brian McFarlane’s Real and Reel is an unusual book. McFarlane, modest and self-effacing though he might be, has done more for British cinema history than anyone beyond Rachael Low"(Robert Murphy, The Journal of British Film and Television, Vol 11, No 1, 2014)

Brian McFarlane is an Adjunct Associate Professor attached to the English Department and was Visiting Professor at the University of Hull.

• AcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction1. A very young film critic2. What deprivation can do for you3. City lights4. Back to the bush5. The Great World, sort of…6. The importance of being earnest7. Fun in Acapulco (nothing to do with Elvis) … or A man’s gotta dream…8. Combining business and pleasure 9. Getting to know them10. Putting it down and getting it altogether

Knowledgeable and such fun. This man really knows and loves movies...highly entertaining picaresque confession of a film fanatic's journey from the Wimmera to the World ... Brian's own story and his arcane knowledge of cinema are equally delicious and infectious, both told with impeccable drolleryIt is easy to tell that this book has been a labour of love. Brian McFarlane is a true movie 'buff', but one who knows what he is talking about. It is a joy to share his knowledge and enthusiasm."Film Studies scholars don’t generally write their memoirs, so Brian McFarlane’s Real and Reel is an unusual book. McFarlane, modest and self-effacing though he might be, has done more for British cinema history than anyone beyond Rachael Low"(Robert Murphy, The Journal of British Film and Television, Vol 11, No 1, 2014)

Brian McFarlane is an Adjunct Associate Professor attached to the English Department and was Visiting Professor at the University of Hull.

• AcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction1. A very young film critic2. What deprivation can do for you3. City lights4. Back to the bush5. The Great World, sort of…6. The importance of being earnest7. Fun in Acapulco (nothing to do with Elvis) … or A man’s gotta dream…8. Combining business and pleasure 9. Getting to know them10. Putting it down and getting it altogether

Knowledgeable and such fun. This man really knows and loves movies...highly entertaining picaresque confession of a film fanatic's journey from the Wimmera to the World ... Brian's own story and his arcane knowledge of cinema are equally delicious and infectious, both told with impeccable drolleryIt is easy to tell that this book has been a labour of love. Brian McFarlane is a true movie 'buff', but one who knows what he is talking about. It is a joy to share his knowledge and enthusiasm."Film Studies scholars don’t generally write their memoirs, so Brian McFarlane’s Real and Reel is an unusual book. McFarlane, modest and self-effacing though he might be, has done more for British cinema history than anyone beyond Rachael Low"(Robert Murphy, The Journal of British Film and Television, Vol 11, No 1, 2014)