Let's Make it American: American Remakes of the British Films
CINEJ CINEMA JOURNAL, vol.7, no.1, pp.238-261, 2018 (ESCI)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 7 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2018
- Doi Number: 10.5195/cinej.2018.221
- Journal Name: CINEJ CINEMA JOURNAL
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Film & Television Literature Index, International Index to Film Periodicals, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
- Page Numbers: pp.238-261
- Keywords: Remake, American Cinema, Film, Narrative, Americanization, Intertextuality
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Istanbul University Affiliated: No
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze American remake versions of the original British films taking narrative as a basis. It claims that the American remakes put America forward as a cultural product for sale, and makes the British narrative Americanized. For the study, two sets of film remakes have been chosen for analysis: Altie (1966, dir. Lewis Gilbert), Attie (2004, dir. Charles Shyer), Bedazzled (1967, dir. Stanley Doren), Bedazzled (2000, dir. Harold Ramis). This study explores the narrative elements of the American remakes by comparing the remakes with their originals. These narrative elements are setting, intertextuality and Americanization.