Film Remakes (PDF)
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- Synopsis
- This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic account of the phenomenon of cinematic remaking. Drawing upon recent theories of genre and intertextuality, Film Remakes describes remaking as both an elastic concept and a complex situation, one enabled and limited by theinterrelated roles and practices of industry, critics and audiences. This approach to remaking is developed across three broad sections: the first, remaking as industrial category, deals with issues of production, including commerce and authors; the second, remaking as textual category, considersgenre, plots and structures; and the third, remaking as critical category, investigates issues of reception, including audiences and institutions. The film remake emerges as a particular case of repetition, a function of cinematic and discursive fields that is maintained by historically specific practices, such as copyright law and authorship, canon formation and media literacy, film criticism and re-viewing. These points are made through thelively discussion of numerous historical and contemporary examples, including the remaking of classics (Double Indemnity, All That Heaven Allows, Psycho), foreign art-films (Yojimbo, Solaris, Le Samourai), cult movies (Gun Crazy, Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Dead), and television properties(Batman, The Addams Family, Charlie's Angels).
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780748621873
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/19/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Constantine Verevis
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Textbooks
- Submitted By:
- Avril Cuthbert
- Proofread By:
- Avril Cuthbert
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.