The Wicker Man
The Official Story of the Film
John Walsh
Titan Books 2023
Hb, 192pp, £39.99, ISBN 9781803365084
The Sing-Along-a-Wicker-Man Scrapbook
In Search of the Pagan Heart of Britain
David Bramwell
Nightfinch Books 2023
Pb, 92pp, £10, www.drbramwell.com
It is, astonishingly, 50 years since The Wicker Man first graced the cinema screens – though few of us actually saw it then, for reasons that are now well-known. Here are two vastly different books on the phenomenon that is not just the film itself, but the culture that has grown around it.
Filmmaker John Walsh’s Official Story of the Film is a large-format book (13x10in, 33x26cm) full of glossy photos – stills from the film, location shots, actors, posters and more. Walsh has gathered together a host of perceptive interviews…
