The Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema

The first book to interrogate the transnational adaptations of Hollywood filmsDid you know that a Turkish remake of The Exorcist replaced the Catholicism with Islam? Or that James Bond and Batman team up together in the 1966 Filipino film James Batman? Or that a Bollywood remake of Memento has becom...

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1. Verfasser: Smith, Iain Robert (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:The first book to interrogate the transnational adaptations of Hollywood filmsDid you know that a Turkish remake of The Exorcist replaced the Catholicism with Islam? Or that James Bond and Batman team up together in the 1966 Filipino film James Batman? Or that a Bollywood remake of Memento has become one of the biggest box-office successes in India of all time?The Hollywood Meme is the first comprehensive study of the transnational adaptations of Hollywood movies that have appeared throughout world cinema. With case studies from the film industries of Turkey, India and the Philippines, Iain Robert Smith shows how reworked versions of Hollywood blockbusters like E.T., The Godfather, Spider-man and Star Wars can complicate prevailing accounts of Hollywood's global impact, and help provide a new model for interrogating transnational flows and exchanges.Read the introduction for free (pdf) Key FeaturesThe first academic work to examine the global phenomenon of transnational adaptations of HollywoodProvides a historical introduction to the relationship between Hollywood and the popular film industries of Turkey, the Philippines and IndiaOffers a new methodology for studying transnational adaptations building upon Richard Dawkins' concept of the 'meme'Case Studies Include:Four from Turkey that rework Spiderman, Star Trek, The Exorcist and Star WarsFour from the Philippines that rework The Six Million Dollar Man, James Bond, Batman and Wonder WomanFour from India that rework E.T., The Godfather, Three Men and a Baby and Memento
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (192 pages) 24 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9780748677474

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