Film remakes [[electronic resource] /] / Constantine Verevis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457338103321
• Autore: Verevis Constantine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 9786610501380; 1-280-50138-3; 0-7486-2625-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.436
• Soggetti: Film remakes - History; Motion pictures - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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