Hollywood Remakes, Deleuze and the Grandfather Paradox [electronic resource] /
Varndell, D.author.
Hollywood Remakes, Deleuze and the Grandfather Paradox explores the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze using the framework of Hollywood's current obsession with remaking and rebooting classic and foreign films. Through an analysis of cinematic repetition and difference, the book approaches remakes from a range of philosophical perspectives.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Remake Paradox; Part I: The Problem of Choice; 1 Shot for Shot Remakes; 2 Transnational Remaking; Part II: The Problem of Distance; 3 The Vicious Circles of Postmodern Representations; 4 Remake Series and the "Case" of Film Noir; Part III: The Problem of the Exception; 5 The Other Side of Remakes; 6 The Grandfather Paradox; Conclusion: Encore Deleuze; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hollywood Remakes, Deleuze and the Grandfather Paradox explores the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze using the framework of Hollywood's current obsession with remaking and rebooting classic and foreign films. Through an analysis of cinematic repetition and difference, the book approaches remakes from a range of philosophical perspectives.
Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995
Motion pictures—United States.
Philosophy.
Motion pictures—History.
Motion pictures and television.
Arts.
Communication.
American Cinema and TV.
Philosophy, general.
Film History.
Screen Studies.
Arts.
Media Studies.