| Second Takes: Critical Approaches to the Film Sequel Contributor(s): Jess-Cooke, Carolyn (Editor), Verevis, Constantine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438430299 ISBN-13: 9781438430294 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.437 |
| LCCN: 2009022995 |
| Series: Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 251 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sequels, serials, and remakes have been a staple of cinema since the very beginning, and recent years have seen the emergence of dynamic and progressive variations of these multi-film franchises. Taking a broad range of sequels as case studies, from the Godfather movies to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Second Takes confronts the complications posed by film sequels and their aftermaths, proposing new critical approaches to what has become a dominant industrial mode of Hollywood cinema. The contributors explore the sequel's investments in repetition, difference, continuation, and retroactivity, and particularly those attitudes and approaches toward the sequel that hold it up as a kind of figurehead of Hollywood's commercial imperatives. An invaluable resource to the film student, critic, and fan, Second Takes offers new ways of looking at the film sequel's industrial, aesthetic, cultural, political, and theoretical contexts. |