Second Takes

Remaking Film, Remaking America

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by Andrew Repasky McElhinney

Type

Studies

Subject

General

Keywords

remake, United States, ideology

Publishing date

2013

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 244 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-7761-6

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Book Presentation:
Second Takes presents the history of English language cinema by focusing on cinematic remakes and on how cinema has been replaced by new forms of “media.” Remakes, with their innate plurality, offer the most substance for concentrated cultural analysis of how movies reflect and shape American culture.

Analyzing the archetypes that recur in this culture reveals how movies are an increasingly dangerous surrogate for the actual.

Close readings are presented of such works as popular favorites as Cronenberg’s Crash, Disney’s The Parent Trap, Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant, Hitchcock’s Psycho, Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, Lynch’s Twin Peaks (the film) and Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons, while unearthing pictures ripe for rediscovery such as One More Tomorrow, Strange Illusion and Andy Warhol’s Vinyl.

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

About the Author:
Feature film director Andrew Repasky McElhinney is also an author, theater director, installation artist, repertory film programmer and educator. He currently teaches at Rutgers–The State University of New Jersey.

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