Same same same, but different : a comparative film analysis of the Belgian, Dutch and American loft
Against the theoretical background of the concept ‘karaoke-Americanism’, this article compares the Belgian, Dutch and American version of the film Loft. Several (dis)similarities in the representation of sexuality, female characters, and ethnicity, as well as some formal changes, are observed. By combining these results with self-conducted, in-depth and press interviews with the filmmakers of these films, it is ascertained that, although the three versions share a similar use of specific Hollywood conventions, the changes in representation were motivated by perceived cultural differences. Buil... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Schlagwörter: | Social Sciences / Film remakes / Cross-cultural adaptation / Cinema in the Low Countries / Karaoke-Americanism / Cultural identity |
Sprache: | Niederländisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27450865 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8584320 |