Retrovisions : reinventing the past in film and fiction

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Retrovisions : reinventing the past in film and fiction

edited by Deborah Cartmell, I.Q. Hunter, and Imelda Whelehan

（Film/fiction, v. 6）

Pluto Press, 2001

  • : hbk
  • : pbk.

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  • Historical make-overs in film and literature / Deborah Cartmell and I.Q Hunter
  • "No man's Elizabeth" : the Virgin Queen in recent films / René Pigeon
  • Shakespeare in love and the end(s) of history / Elizabeth Klett
  • Reflections on sex, Shakespeare, and nostalgia in Trevor Nunn's Twelfth night / Maria F. Magro and Mark Douglas
  • Black rams tupping white ewes : race vs. gender in the final scene of Five Othellos / Pascale Aebischer
  • Cool intentions : looking back to the literary classic and other attempts to legitimise the teenpic's "chick flick" / Sarah Neely
  • Mrs Brown's mourning and Mr King's madness : royal crisis on screen / Kara McKechnie
  • Peter Watkins' Culloden and the alternative form in historical filmmaking / Nicholas J. Cull
  • The grandfathers' war re-imagining World War I in British novels and films of the 1990s / Barbara Korte
  • Charm, bowler, umbrella, leather boots : remaking The avengers / Stephen Longstaffe
  • Forbidden planet and the retrospective attribution of intentions / Judith Buchanan

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Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780745315782

Description

The contributors to Retrovisions consider what happens to history in the movies. Focusing on films and texts from the 1950s to the 1990s, the contributors argue that the past has always come to us by way of previous texts and culturally bounded aesthetic categories, and that history films - to the despair of historians - have always taken a 'postmodern' approach to their subject, seeing the past as a dynamic resource for exciting stories and poetic, morally uplifting untruths. Why do certain decades appeal at certain times? And what does the renewal of interest in narrative history reveal about our culture at the start of the new millennium? The authors address the variety of ways in which history can be used, refashioned and made over to reflect current concerns - and how history films from the past can be reinterrogated to learn what they tell us about their own times. The films discussed include Elizabeth, Shakespeare in Love, Culloden, The Avengers, Titus, and several adaptations of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, including Cruel Intentions.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Retrovisions: Historical Make-overs in Film and Literature Deborah Cartmell and I.Q Hunter 2. 'No Man's Elizabeth': The Virgin Queen in Recent Films Renee Pigeon 3. Shakespeare in Love and the End(s) of History Elizabeth Klett 4. Reflections on Sex, Shakespeare and Nostalgia in Trevor Nunn's Twelfth Night Maria F. Magro and Mark Douglas 5. Black Rams Tupping White Ewes: Race vs. Gender in the Final Scene of Five Othellos Pascale Aebischer 6. Cool Intentions: Looking back to the literary classic and other attempts to legitimise the teenpic's 'chick flick' Sarah Neely 7. Mrs Brown's Mourning and Mr King's Madness: Royal Crisis on Screen Kara McKechnie 8. Peter Watkins' Culloden and the alternative form in historical filmmaking Nicholas J. Cull 9. The Grandfathers' War Re-Imagining World War I in British Novels and Films of the 1990s Barbara Korte 10. 'Charm, Bowler, Umbrella, Leather Boots': Remaking The Avengers Stephen Longstaffe 11. Forbidden Planet and the retrospective attribution of intentions Judith Buchanan Index
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780745315836

Description

The contributors to Retrovisions consider what happens to history in the movies. Focusing on films and texts from the 1950s to the 1990s, the contributors argue that the past has always come to us by way of previous texts and culturally bounded aesthetic categories, and that history films - to the despair of historians - have always taken a 'postmodern' approach to their subject, seeing the past as a dynamic resource for exciting stories and poetic, morally uplifting untruths. Why do certain decades appeal at certain times? And what does the renewal of interest in narrative history reveal about our culture at the start of the new millennium? The authors address the variety of ways in which history can be used, refashioned and made over to reflect current concerns - and how history films from the past can be reinterrogated to learn what they tell us about their own times. The films discussed include Elizabeth, Shakespeare in Love, Culloden, The Avengers, Titus, and several adaptations of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, including Cruel Intentions.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Retrovisions: Historical Make-overs in Film and Literature Deborah Cartmell and I.Q Hunter 2. 'No Man's Elizabeth': The Virgin Queen in Recent Films Renee Pigeon 3. Shakespeare in Love and the End(s) of History Elizabeth Klett 4. Reflections on Sex, Shakespeare and Nostalgia in Trevor Nunn's Twelfth Night Maria F. Magro and Mark Douglas 5. Black Rams Tupping White Ewes: Race vs. Gender in the Final Scene of Five Othellos Pascale Aebischer 6. Cool Intentions: Looking back to the literary classic and other attempts to legitimise the teenpic's 'chick flick' Sarah Neely 7. Mrs Brown's Mourning and Mr King's Madness: Royal Crisis on Screen Kara McKechnie 8. Peter Watkins' Culloden and the alternative form in historical filmmaking Nicholas J. Cull 9. The Grandfathers' War Re-Imagining World War I in British Novels and Films of the 1990s Barbara Korte 10. 'Charm, Bowler, Umbrella, Leather Boots': Remaking The Avengers Stephen Longstaffe 11. Forbidden Planet and the retrospective attribution of intentions Judith Buchanan Index

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