Contemporary Musical Film

K. J. Donnelly; Beth Carroll

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2017

Contemporary Musical Film

K. J. Donnelly and Beth Carroll

In the series Music and the Moving Image

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474413138

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About this book

A reassessment of the film musical post-2000

Since the turn of the millennium, films such as Chicago (2002) and Phantom of the Opera (2004) have reinvigorated the popularity of the screen musical. This edited collection, bringing together a number of international scholars, looks closely at the range and scope of contemporary film musicals, from stage adaptations like Mamma Mia! (2008) and Les Miserables (2012), to less conventional works that elide the genre, like Team America: World Police (2004) and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill (2003/04). Looking at the varying aesthetic function of soundtrack and lyric in films like Disney’s wildly popular Frozen (2013) and the Fast and the Furious franchise, or the self-reflexive commentary of the ‘post-millennial rock musical’, this wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in its study of this multifaceted genre.

Case Studies:

Camp Rock
School of Rock
Rock of Ages
Romance & Cigarettes
Frozen
Les Miserables
Mamma Mia!
Fast and the Furious franchise
Across the Universe
The Happiness of the Katakuris
O Brother, Where art Thou?
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Team America: World Police

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
INTRODUCTION: REIMAGINING THE CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY K. J. Donnelly and Beth Carroll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. ORIGINAL MUSICALS
1 AESTHETIC ABSURDITIES IN TAKASHI MIIKE’S THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS Craig Hatch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 FILM AND THE TWILIGHT OF ROCK (ROCK IS DEAD AND FILM KILLED IT): POST-MILLENNIAL ROCK MUSICALS K. J. Donnelly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE: DUPLICITOUS VOICES OF THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SPY MUSICAL Jack Curtis Dubowsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
4 THE ANTI-MUSICAL OR GENERIC AFFINITY: IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO SAY? Beth Carroll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
5 ‘IS THIS REAL ENOUGH FOR YOU?’: LYRICAL ARTICULATION OF THE BEATLES’ SONGS IN ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Stephanie Fremaux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
6 ‘LOVE IS AN OPEN DOOR’: REVISING AND REPEATING DISNEY’S MUSICAL TROPES IN FROZEN Ryan Bunch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
PART TWO STAGE TO SCREEN
7 STAR QUALITY? SONG, CELEBRITY AND THE JUKEBOX MUSICAL IN MAMMA MIA! Catherine Haworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
8 BEYOND THE BARRICADE: ADAPTING LES MISÉRABLES FOR THE CINEMA Ian Sapiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
PART THREE. MUSICALS BY ANOTHER NAME
9 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?: THE COEN BROTHERS AND THE MUSICAL GENRE CONTAMINATION Stefano Baschiera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
10 RACING IN THE BEAT: MUSIC IN THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE Todd Decker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
11 KILL BILL: QUENTIN TARANTINO AS A MUSICAL FILMMAKER Geena Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 208
Illustrations
- Other: 12 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: July 18, 2017
ISBN: 9781474413138