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Transnational Film Remakes
Edited by Iain Robert Smith and Constantine Verevis
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An in-depth exploration of film remakes within global media culture
Bringing together a range of international scholars, Transnational Film Remakes is the first edited collection to specifically focus on the phenomenon of cross-cultural remakes. Using a variety of case studies, from Hong Kong remakes of Japanese cinema to Bollywood remakes of Australian television, this book provides an analysis of cinematic remaking that moves beyond Hollywood to address the truly global nature of this phenomenon. Looking at iconic contemporary titles such as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Oldboy, as well as classics like La Bête Humaine and La Chienne, this book interrogates the fluid and dynamic ways in which texts are adapted and reworked across national borders to provide a distinctive new model for understanding these global cultural borrowings.
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Contributors
• Carl R. Burgchardt, Colorado State University
• Kenneth Chan, University of Northern Colorado
• David Desser, University of Illinois
• David Scott Diffrient, Colorado State University
• Daniel Herbert, University of Michigan
• Michael Lawrence, University of Sussex
• Kathleen Loock, Freie Universität Berlin
• Daniel Martin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
• Lucy Mazdon, University of Southampton
• R. Barton Palmer, Clemson University
• Rashna Wadia Richards, Rhodes College
• Iain Robert Smith, King’s College London
• Constantine Verevis, Monash University
• Andy Willis, University of SalfordCase studies include:
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 / 2009)
• Scarlet Street (1945) / La Chienne (The Bitch, 1931)
• Human Desire (1954) / La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast, 1938)
• Quarantine (2008) / [REC] (2007)
• Come Out and Play (2012) / ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (Who Can Kill a Child? 1976)
• Drakula İstanbul’da (Dracula in Istanbul 1953) / El Vampiro (The Vampire 1957) / Zinda Laash (The Living Corpse 1967)
• A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009) / Blood Simple (1984)
• Khoon Bhari Maang (Blood-Smeared Forehead, 1988) / Return to Eden (1983)
• Kaante (2002) / Reservoir Dogs (1992) / City on Fire (1987)
• The Parent Trap (1961) / Das doppelte Lottchen (1950)
• Le voyage du ballon rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon, 2007) / Le ballon rouge (The Red Balloon, 1956)
• Kuang lian shi (Summer Heat, 1968) / Kurutta Kajitsu (Crazed Fruit, 1956)
• Funny Games (2007 / 1997)
• Oldboy (2013 / 2003)
About the authors:
Iain Robert Smith is Lecturer in Film Studies at King’s College London. He is author of The Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema (Edinburgh UP, 2016) and co-editor of Media Across Borders (2016). He is co-chair of the SCMS Transnational Cinemas Scholarly Interest Group, and co-investigator on the AHRC-funded research network Media Across Borders.
Constantine Verevis is Associate Professor in Film and Screen Studies at Monash University, Melbourne. His publications include: Film Remakes (Edinburgh UP, 2006), Transnational Film Remakes (Edinburgh UP, 2017), Film Reboots (Edinburgh UP, 2020), and Flaming Creatures (2020). With Claire Perkins, he is founding co-editor of Screen Serialities (Edinburgh UP).
Press Reviews:
Transnational Film Remakes not only succeeds in providing great explanations of complex issues, but, and probably more importantly, raises new thought-provoking questions. Therefore, it will be an interesting read for scholars working in transnational (remake) studies, or more broadly in adaptation studies, but equally for everyone interested in film studies and the recycling of cultural artefacts.'– Eduard Cuelenaere, Communications
An excellent, historically and geographically wide-ranging collection of original work on the phenomenon of transnational film remakes and related socio-cultural issues. The editors and contributors succeed in drilling down deep in their insightful investigations of the complexities involved in these global cinematic acts of translation and relocation– Catherine Grant, University of Sussex
See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press
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Media Across Borders (2018)
Localising TV, Film and Video Games
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Australian Film Theory and Criticism (2018)
Volume 3: Documents
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The Hollywood Meme (2016)
Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema
US Independent Film After 1989 (2015)
Possible Films
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B Is for Bad Cinema (2015)
Aesthetics, Politics, and Cultural Value
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Australian Film Theory and Criticism (2013)
Volume 1: Critical Positions
After Taste (2013)
Cultural Value and the Moving Image
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Second Takes (2010)
Critical Approaches to the Film Sequel
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