Film remakes / Constantine Verevis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verevis, Constantine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film remakes--History.

Film remakes.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 the interrelated 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, considers genre, plots a

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Remaking Film; CHAPTER 1 Commerce; CHAPTER 2 Authors; CHAPTER 3 Texts; CHAPTER 4 Genres; CHAPTER 5 Audiences; CHAPTER 6 Discourse; Conclusion: Remaking Everything; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610501380

9781280501388

1280501383

9780748626250

0748626255

OCLC:

475989191

Publisher Number:

9780748626250