Immortal Films
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Immortal Films

"Casablanca" and the Afterlife of a Hollywood Classic

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Immortal Films

"Casablanca" and the Afterlife of a Hollywood Classic

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Casablanca is one of the most celebrated Hollywood films of all time, its iconic romance enshrined in collective memory across generations. Drawing from archival materials, industry trade journals, and cultural commentary, Barbara Klinger explores the history of Casablanca 's circulation in the United States from the early 1940s to the present by examining its exhibition via radio, repertory houses, television, and video. By resituating the film in the dynamically changing industrial, technological, and cultural circumstances that have defined its journey over eight decades, Klinger challenges our understanding of its meaning and reputation as both a Hollywood classic and a cult film. Through this single-film survey, Immortal Films proposes a new approach to the study of film history and aesthetics and, more broadly, to cinema itself as a medium in constant interface with other media as a necessary condition of its own public existence and endurance.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9780520968950
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Subvention
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction: The Cultural Biography of a Film
  11. 1  •  Listening to Casablanca: Radio Adaptations and Sonic Hollywood
  12. 2  •  Back in Theaters: Postwar Repertory Houses and Cult Cinema
  13. 3  •  Everyday Films: Broadcast Television, Reruns, and Canonizing Old Hollywood
  14. 4  •  Movie Valentines: Holiday Cult and the Romantic Canon in VHS Video Culture
  15. 5  •  Happy Anniversaries: Classic Cinema on DVD/Blu-ray in the Conglomerate Age
  16. Epilogue: Streaming Casablanca and Afterthoughts
  17. Appendix 1: Casablanca’s First Appearances on US Platforms/Formats
  18. Appendix 2: Casablanca’s Physical-Format Video Rereleases
  19. Notes
  20. Selected Bibliography
  21. Index