Cult Media | Re-packaged, Re-released and Restored

Jonathan Wroot (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3319876120 / ISBN 13: 9783319876122

Published by Springer, 2018

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Cult Media | Re-packaged, Re-released and Restored | Jonathan Wroot (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xi | Englisch | 2018 | Springer | EAN 9783319876122 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cult Media | Re-packaged, Re-released and Restored
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319876120
• ISBN 13: 9783319876122
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 14D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 316 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

This volume brings together writing on the topic of home media, and in particular releases described as appealing to ‘cult’ fans and audiences. Despite popular assumptions to the contrary, the distributors of physical media maintain a vivid presence in the digital age. Perhaps more so than any other category of film or media, this is especially the case with titles considered ‘cult’ and its related processes of distribution and exhibition. The chapters in this collection chart such uses and definitions of ‘cult’, ranging from home media re-releases to promotional events, film screenings, file-sharing and the exploitation of established fan communities. This book will be of interest to the ever-growing number of academics and research students that are specializing in studies of cult cinema and fan practices, as well as professionals (filmmakers, journalists, promoters) who are familiar with these types of films.

About the Author

Jonathan Wroot is a Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, UK. He teaches classes within film and media studies. His previous research concerns the distribution and marketing of Japanese cinema and he has published numerous journal articles on the topic in Arts and The Market, The East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, Frames, and Participations.

Andy Willis is a Reader in Film Studies at the University of Salford, UK, and Senior Visiting Curator for Film at HOME, Manchester, UK. He is a co-author of The Cinema of Alex de la Iglesia (2007), and the editor of Film Stars: Hollywood and Beyond (2004). He is also the co-editor of Defining Cult Movies (2003), Spanish Popular Cinema (2004), East Asian Film Stars (2014), and Chinese Cinemas: International Perspectives (2016).