Why We Remake

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.

Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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

Zusammenfassung
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.

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