Vera Dika explores the reuse of images, plots and genres of film history from a broad range of critical perspectives. Examining works of art and film that resist the pull of the past, Dika provides an in-depth analysis within a variety of media, including performance, photography, Punk film, and examples from mainstream American and European cinema. Her study analyzes avant-garde art work within the context of contemporary mainstream film practice, as well as in relationship to their historical moment.
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The reuse of images, plots and genres from film history has become prominent in contemporary culture. In this study, Vera Dika explores this phenomenon from a broad range of critical perspectives, examining works of art and film that resist the pull of the past. Dika provides an in-depth analysis of works in several media, including performance, photography, Punk film, and examples from mainstream American and European cinema. Her study positions avant-garde art work within the context of contemporary mainstream film practice, as well as in relationship to their historical moment.
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Christina Ricci is dressed up to look like Bette Davis (Figure I) in a Fashion of the Times (Spring 2000) photo spread entitled "The Big Remake." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
illusionistic system, rock concert film, stalker film, nostalgia film, artificial myth, cinematic sources, representational surface, visual surface, film practice, postmodern practice, mainstream film, film image, postmodern works, late capital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, American Graffiti, Last Exit, Vietnam War, The Conformist, The Shootist, Las Vegas, New York, The Godfather, The Last Waltz, Cindy Sherman, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Goldstein, John Wayne, Summer Place, Untitled Film Stills, The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese, Peggy Sue, The Band, Amos Poe, Andy Warhol, Film Noir, Robert Longo New!
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Christina Ricci is dressed up to look like Bette Davis (Figure I) in a Fashion of the Times (Spring 2000) photo spread entitled "The Big Remake." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
illusionistic system, rock concert film, stalker film, nostalgia film, artificial myth, cinematic sources, representational surface, visual surface, film practice, postmodern practice, mainstream film, film image, postmodern works, late capital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, American Graffiti, Last Exit, Vietnam War, The Conformist, The Shootist, Las Vegas, New York, The Godfather, The Last Waltz, Cindy Sherman, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Goldstein, John Wayne, Summer Place, Untitled Film Stills, The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese, Peggy Sue, The Band, Amos Poe, Andy Warhol, Film Noir, Robert Longo New!
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- Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola on 16 pages
- Untitled Film Stills by Cindy Sherman on 8 pages
- The Cultural Turn: Selected Writings on the Postmodern, 1983-1998 by Fredric Jameson on 4 pages
- Image-Music-Text by Roland Barthes on 4 pages
- Sixguns and Society: A Structural Study of the Western by Will Wright on page 82, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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