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Remaking the Frankenstein myth on film : between laughter and horror / / Caroline Joan S. Picart



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Autore: Picart Caroline Joan <1966-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Remaking the Frankenstein myth on film : between laughter and horror / / Caroline Joan S. Picart Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
Disciplina: 791.43/651
Soggetto topico: Frankenstein films - History and criticism
Monster films - History and criticism
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Frankenstein as Enduring Cinemyth -- (Un)Leashing Laughter -- Daemonic Dread -- On the Edge of Terror and Humor -- Postmodern Horror-Hilarity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Focusing on films outside the horror genre, this book offers a unique account of the Frankenstein myth's popularity and endurance. Although the Frankenstein narrative has been a staple in horror films, it has also crossed over into other genres, particularly comedy and science fiction, resulting in such films as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Bladerunner, and the Alien and Terminator film series. In addition to addressing horror's relationship to comedy and science fiction, the book also explores the versatility and power of the Frankenstein narrative as a contemporary myth through which our deepest attitudes concerning gender (masculine versus feminine), race (Same versus Other), and technology (natural versus artificial) are both revealed and concealed. The book not only examines the films themselves, but also explores early drafts of film scripts, scenes that were cut from the final releases, publicity materials, and reviews, in order to consider more fully how and why the Frankenstein myth continues to resonate in the popular imagination.
Titolo autorizzato: Remaking the Frankenstein myth on film  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7914-8666-4
1-4175-3137-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809052703321
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