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Fear, Cultural Anxiety, and Transformation
Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films Remade
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2010
Summary
This collection was inspired by the observation that film remakes offer us the opportunity to revisit important issues, stories, themes, and topics in a manner that is especially relevant and meaningful to contemporary audiences. Like mythic stories that are told again and again in differing ways, film remakes present us with updated perspectives on timeless ideas. While some remakes succeed and others fail aesthetically, they always say something about the culture in which_and for which_they are produced. Contributors explore the ways in which the fears of death, loss of self, and bodily violence have been expressed and then reinterpreted in such films and remakes as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Night of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead. Films such as Rollerball, The Ring, The Grudge, The Great Yokai Wars, and Insomnia are discussed as well because of their ability to give voice to collective anxieties concerning cultural change, nihilism, and globalization. While opening on a note that emphasizes the compulsion of filmmakers to revisit issues concerning fear and anxiety, this collection ends by using films like Solaris, King Kong, Star Trek, Doom, and Van Helsing to suggest that repeated confrontation with these issues allows the opportunity for creative and positive transformation.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2488-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-3343-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
301
Product type
Edited Book
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Table of Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1: Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films Remade No access Pages 1 - 20
Chapter 2: Immanent Attack: An Existential Take on The Invasion of the Body Snatchers Films No access
Chapter 3: Invasions of Fear: The Body Snatcher Theme No access
Chapter 4: Remaking Romero No access
Chapter 5: Cultural Change and Nihilism in the Rollerball Films No access
Chapter 6: Hollywood's Remake Practices under the Copyright Regime: French Films and Japanese Horror Films No access
Chapter 7: Monsters Reappearing in Great Yôkai Wars,1968-2005 No access
Chapter 8: Trading Spaces: Transnational Dislocations in Insomnia/Insomnia and Ju-on/The Grudge No access
Chapter 9: Second Chance: Remaking Solaris No access
Chapter 10: Ape Redux: King Kong and the Kiwis No access
Chapter 11: Distinct Identities of Star Trek Fan Film Remakes No access
Chapter 12: Horror Video Game Remakes and the Question of Medium: Remaking Doom, Silent Hill and Resident Evil No access
Chapter 13: Film Remake or Film Adaptation? New Media Hollywood and the Digitizing of Gothic Monsters in Van Helsing No access
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 265 - 278
Index No access Pages 279 - 298
Contributors No access Pages 299 - 301
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