This examination of film and television remakes focuses explicitly on why - since the dawn of cinema - studios have remade films over and over again. Each chapter provides insight into the business of Hollywood, the motivations of filmmakers and also the pleasures for audiences, and offers a separate explanation for the whys of remaking.
Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, the author draws from existing literature, close readings of films and a dataset of hundreds of film reviews, to provide a taxonomy and deep-dive into six unique rationales for remaking premade titles:
- the better remake
- the economic remake
- the nostalgic remake
- the Americanized remake
- the creative remake
- the fashionable remake.
This unique examination of the industrial activity of remaking will be of great interest to academics and students working in the areas of film and adaptation studies, narrative, media discourse, transmedia storytelling, American cinema and cultural studies.
Autorentext
Lauren Rosewarne is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and is an expert in sex, gender, media and popular culture. This is Lauren's eleventh book. More information can be found at www.laurenrosewarne.com
Inhalt
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Bigger and Better Remake
Chapter 2: The Economic Remake
Chapter 3: The Nostalgic Remake
Chapter 4: The Americanized Remake
Chapter 5: The Creative Remake
Chapter 6: The Fashionable Remake
Conclusion