Film remakes as ritual and disguise : from Carmen to Ripley / Anat Zanger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zanger, Anat, author.

Series:

Film culture in transition.

Film culture in transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film remakes--History and criticism.

Film remakes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Film Remakes as Ritual & Disguise

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first full-length history of the remake in cinema, Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise is also the first book to explore how and why these stories are told. Anat Zanger focuses on contemporary retellings of three particular tales' Joan of Arc, Carmen, and Psycho to reveal what she calls the remake's 'rituals of disguise.' Joan of Arc, Zanger demonstrates, later appears as the tough, androgynous Ripley in the blockbuster Alien series and the God-ridden Bess in Lars Von Trier's Breaking the Waves. Ultimately, these remake chains offer evidence of the archetypes of our own age, cultural 'fingerprints' that are reflective of society's own preferences and politics. Underneath the redundancy of the remake, Zanger shows, lies our collective social memory. Indeed, at its core the lowly remake represents a primal attempt to gain immortality, to triumph over death - playing at movie theaters seven days a week, 365 days a year. Addressing the wider theoretical implications of her argument with sections on contemporary film issues such as trauma, jouissance, and censorship, Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise is an insightful addition to current debates in film theory and cinema history.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Psycho: Inside and Outside the Frame

Part One. First Variation: Carmen

Chapter 2. The Game Begins

Chapter 3. Muted Voices

Chapter 4. Masks

Part Two. Second Variation: Joan

Chapter 5. The Game Again

Chapter 6. Hearing Voices

Chapter 7. Disguises

Conclusion

Chapter 8. Repetitions as Hidden Streams

References

Filmography

Credits

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Filmography: p. [147]-149.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-145) and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 02 2025)

ISBN:

9786611972684

9781281972682

1281972681

9789048509706

904850970X

9781429454636

1429454636

OCLC:

1182874094

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access