Second Takes: Critical Approaches To The Film Sequel (suny Series, Horizons Of Cinema)

The first collection of essays devoted to the phenomenon of the film sequel. 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 sequels 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 Hollywoods commercial imperatives. An invaluable resource to the film student, critic, and fan, Second Takes offers new ways of looking at the film sequels industrial, aesthetic, cultural, political, and theoretical contexts. engage[s] with the sequel in a wide range of national and historical contexts. Scope Second Takes is the first essay collection exploring the trend of sequelization and multi-film franchises in contemporary cinema and an excellent and valuable addition to the slowly growing field of academic research on sequels, series, and remakes. Screening the Past A comprehensive and adventurous exploration of a timely topic. Wheeler Winston Dixon, author of Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia Introduction / Carolyn Jess-cooke And Constantine Verevis -- Re-defining The Sequel : The Case Of The (living) Dead / Constantine Verevis -- Of True Sequels : The Four Daughters Movies, Or The Series That Wasn't / Jennifer Forrest -- Sequel-ready Fiction : After Austen's Happily Ever After / Thomas Leitch -- Before And After, Before Before And After : Godfather I, Ii, And Iii / R. Barton Palmer -- Sequelizing Hollywood : The American Smart Film / Claire Perkins -- From Remake To Sequel : Ocean's Eleven And Ocean's Twelve / Joyce Goggin -- Decent Burial Or Miraculous Resurrection : Serenity, Mourning, And Sequels To Dead Television Shows / Ina Rae Hark -- Prequel : The Afterwardsness Of The Sequel / Paul Sutton -- Circulations : Technology And Discourse In The Ring Intertext / Daniel Herbert -- Sequelizing The Superhero : Postmillennial Anxiety And Cultural Need / Simon Mcenteggart -- Before And After And Right Now : Sequels In The Digital Era / Nicholas Rombes -- Sequelizing Spectatorship And Building Up The Kingdom : The Case Of Pirates Of The Caribbean, Or, How A Theme Park Attraction Spawned A Multibillion-dollar Film Franchise / Carolyn Jess-cooke. Edited By Carolyn Jess-cooke And Constantine Verevis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Second Takes 5 Contents 9 Illustrations 11 Acknowledgments 13 Introduction 15 1. Redefining the Sequel: The Case of the (Living) Dead 25 2. Of “True” Sequels: The Four Daughters Movies,or the Series That Wasn’t 45 3. Sequel-Ready Fiction: After Austen’s Happily Ever After 59 4. Before and After,Before Before and After: Godfather I, II, and III 79 5. Sequelizing Hollywood:" The American “Smart” Film 101 6. From Remake to Sequel: Ocean’s Eleven and Ocean’s Twelve 119 7. Decent Burial or Miraculous Resurrection: Serenity, Mourning, and Sequels to Dead Television Shows 135 8. Prequel: The “Afterwardsness” of the Sequel 153 9. Circulations:Technology and Discourse in The Ring Intertex 167 10. Sequelizing the Superhero: Postmillennial Anxiety and Cultural “Need” 185 11. Before and After and Right Now: Sequels in the Digital Era 205 12. Sequelizing Spectatorship and Building Up the Kingdom: The Case of Pirates of the Caribbean, Or,How a Theme-Park Attraction Spawned a Multibillion-Dollar Film Franchise 219 Works Cited 239 Contributors 257 Index 259 A 259 B 259 C 260 D 260 E 260 F 260 G 261 H 261 I 261 J 261 K 261 L 262 M 262 N 262 O 263 P 263 R 263 S 263 T 264 U 264 V 264 W 264 X 265 Y 265 Z 265 1438430299,9781438430294,1438430302,978-1438430300 Introduction / CAROLYN JESS-COOKE and CONSTANTINE VEREVIS Re-defining the sequel : the case of the (living) dead / CONSTANTINE VEREVIS Of "true" sequels : The four daughters movies, or the series that wasn't / JENNIFER FORREST Sequel-ready fiction : after Austen's happily ever after / THOMAS LEITCH Before and after, before before and after : Godfather I (1972), II (1974), and III (1990) / R. BARTON PALMER Sequelizing Hollywood : the American "smart" film / CLAIRE PERKINS From remake to sequel : Ocean's eleven and Ocean's twelve / JOYCE GOGGIN Decent burial or miraculous resurrection : serenity, mourning, and sequels to dead television shows / Ina Rae Hark Prequel : the "afterwardsness" of the sequel / PAUL SUTTON Circulations : technology and discourse in The ring intertext / DANIEL HERBERT Sequelizing the superhero : post-millennial anxiety and cultural "need" / SIMON McENTEGGART Before and after and right now : sequels in the digital era / Nicholas Rombes Sequelizing spectatorship and building up the kingdom : the case of Pirates of the Caribbean, or, how a theme park attraction spawned a multibillion-dollar film franchise / CAROLYN JESS-COOKE.