Play it Again, Sam : Retakes on Remakes

These essays on the subject of cinematic remakes draw upon narrative, film and cultural theories, and consider gender, genre and psychological issues, presenting the "remake" as an artistic form of repetition with a difference and as a commercial product aimed at profits in the marketplace. The writers consider the full range of remakes: Hollywood films that have been recycled by Hollywood, such as "The Jazz Singer", "Cape Fear", and "Robin Hood"; foreign films including "Breathless" and "Three Men and a Baby" which Hollywood has reworked for American audiences; and foreign films based on American works, among them Yugoslav director Emir Kusturica's "Time of the Gypsies", which is a "makeover" of Coppola's "Godfather" films. The contributors are: Patricia Aufderheide; John Biguenet; Michael Brashinsky, Leo Braudy; Jerome Delamater; Robert Eberwein; Lucy Fischer; Krin Gabbard; Dan Georgakas; Harvey Greenberg, M.D.; Chris Holmlund; Andrew Horton; Robert P.

Kolker; Ira Konigsberg; Peter Lehman; Stuart Y. McDougal; Luca Somigli; Elisabeth Weis; and David Wills.