Film Trilogies New Critical Approaches

Drawing on a wide range of examples, this book – the first devoted to the phenomenon of the film trilogy– provides a dynamic investigation of the ways in which the trilogy form engages key issues in contemporary discussions of film remaking, adaptation, s

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Also by Claire Perkins AMERICAN SMART CINEMA

Also by Constantine Verevis AFTER TASTE: Cultural Value and the Moving Image (co-edited with Julia Vassilieva) FILM REMAKES SECOND TAKES: Critical Approaches to the Film Sequel (co-edited with Carolyn Jess-Cooke)

Film Trilogies New Critical Approaches Edited by

Claire Perkins Assistant Lecturer, Monash University, Australia and

Constantine Verevis Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Australia

Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Claire Perkins and Constantine Verevis 2012 Individual chapters © Contributors 2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-25031-4

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For Liam, with love —CP For these three: Mia, Zoi, Julie —CV

Contents List of Figures

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Notes on Contributors

xii

Introduction: Three Times Claire Perkins and Constantine Verevis

1

Part I Industry 1

Some Thoughts on New Hollywood Multiplicity: Sofia Coppola’s Young Girls Trilogy R. Barton Palmer

35

2

Trilogy as Triptych: John Ford’s Cavalry Films David Boyd

55

3

Bizarre Love Triangle: The Creature Trilogy Constantine Verevis

68

4

The Scre4m Trilogy Claire Perkins

88

Part II Auteurs 5

The Broken Trilogy: Jacques Rivette’s Phantom