Transnational Film Remakes

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 Salford

Case 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)