Stuart Henderson

The Hollywood Sequel

History & Form, 1911-2010

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This illuminating study charts the changing role of the Hollywood film sequel over the past century. Considering a range of sequels in their industrial, historical and aesthetic contexts, from The Son of a Sheik (1926) to Toy Story 3 (2010), this book provides a comprehensive history of this critically-neglected yet commercially-dominant art form.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• 2014 edition
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781844576517
• ISBN-10: 1844576515
• Artikelnr.: 41039457

Autorenporträt

Stuart Henderson

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements.
Introducing the Hollywood Sequel.
PART 1: HISTORY.
1. Early Sequels 1911
28.
2. Sequels in the Factory 1929
54.
3. The Uncertainty Principles 1955
77.
4. The End is Just the Beginning 1978
2010.
PART 2: FORM.
5. No End in Sight: The Classical Narrative Paradigm and the Sequel.
6. The McClane Principle: Intertextuality, Stardom and Character in the Sequel.
7. A Formula of Formula: Genre and the Sequel.
Conclusion: A Story Complete in Itself.
Appendix: Explanatory note: A Statistical Survey of Sequels, Series Films, Prequels and Spin
Offs, 1910
2009.
Summary Statistics.
Bibliography.
Index.