Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture (Contemporary Film and Television Series) [Paperback]

Erb Cynthia (Author), Cynthia Marie Erb (Author)

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• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814326862
• ISBN-13: 978-0814326862
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,126,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A work of insight, scholarship, and substance, August 15, 2009

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When the film 'King Kong' was first released to the viewing public in 1933 it was the cutting edge of film making technology, with original, riveting, superbly presented subject matter that shocked and thrilled its audiences as few other films in that fledgling industry had yet to do. 'King Kong' became an iconic film against which all of its successors were measured. In "Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture", Cynthia Erb (Associate Professor of Film and English, Wayne State University) has written and compiled a seminal work of history and analysis of the original film and its subsequent remake in 1970, as well as films like 'Might Joe Young', and even the Japanese 'Godzilla', as well as a number of other sequels, remakes, and theatrical spin-offs. A work of insight, scholarship, and substance, "Tracking King Kong" is informed, informative, and a highly recommended, core addition to academic library Film Studies history and reference collections.