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- Title
Western Remakes: Textual and Cultural Aspects.
- Authors
Kosachova, Olga
- Abstract
The article analyses the textual and cultural aspects of Western remakes. Particular attention is paid to the genre and dramatic analysis of remakes, the system of characters, as well as the cultural messages of the films. The author considers an ambivalent attitude among film critics and scientists towards remake phenomenon. On the one hand, remakes contain for the viewer a marker of a famous film, on the other hand, remakes risk failing at the box office if they give way to the original films. The author focuses on the analysis of remakes as semiotic objects that create new realities through director’s and viewer’s interpretation. A number of typical features and modern trends of Westerns remakes have been identified. Ways to increase the popularity of remakes of this genre are proposed. The author analyzed four couples of original Westerns and their remakes: Cimarron by Wesley Ruggles (1931)/Cimarron by Anthony Mann (1960); Stagecoach by John Ford (1939)/Stagecoach by Gordon Douglas (1966); 3:10 to Yuma by Delmer Daves (1957)/3:10 to Yuma by James Mangold (2007); True Grit by Henry Hathaway (1969)/True Grit by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2010). Considering the Westerns remakes through the prism of the textual aspect, the author concluded that despite the similarity of the plot and characters, the remake of the film, thanks to the interpretations of the director, creates a new semiotic object for the viewer’s perception. Hybridization of genres, changes in the plot and new characters creates a new reality. It would seem that the viewer of the remake is transferred to the same time and place, he see the same characters, but nevertheless, the new directorial style places delicate and clear accents that form new semantic and cultural ties.
- Subjects
WESTERN films; FILM remakes; FILM critics; SEMIOTICS; SEMANTICS
- Publication
Media Education / Mediaobrazovanie, 2023, Vol 19, Issue 2, p290
- ISSN
1994-4160
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13187/me.2023.2.290