Why We Remake

The Politics, Economics and Emotions of Film and TV Remakes

By:

Lauren Rosewarne

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Routledge Advances in Film Studies

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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.

Author Biography:

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

Release date Australia

August 29th, 2022

Author

Lauren Rosewarne

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

376

Series

Routledge Advances in Film Studies

ISBN-13

9781032400549

Product ID

35898459

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