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THE VELVET LIGHT TRAP
A CRITICAL JOURNAL OF FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES

Call for Papers: Remakes

Given how various cinemas have become increasingly reliant on existing (and
theoretically more surefire) properties, it seems timely to take remakes
into deeper consideration. Remakes have risen in importance in a time when
fewer original screenplays can command big budgets (if indeed we can even
bandy about the concept of originality in the wake of postmodernity). But
as the number of remakes has exploded, so have meditations on what this
development can tell us about the current cultural climate. The editors of
The Velvet Light Trap #61 thus seek contributions that nuance previous
arguments about remakes. We are also interested in a multitude of aspects
informing remakes and have defined the term broadly. Possible subjects
include but are not limited to:

Self-reflexivity and intertextuality
Cross-cultural remakes
Modes of productions for remakes
Updates
Remake cycles
Rip-offs
Adaptations
Sequels and sequelitis
Critical and/or commercial failures
Abandoned/delayed projects
Stages of adaptation (screenplay drafts; the director's interpretation; the
cutting room floor; etc.)
Film literacy and the cultural competence of audiences

To be considered for publication, papers should be between 4,500 and 7,500
words, double-spaced, in MLA style, with the author's name and contact
information included only on the cover page. Queries regarding potential
submissions also are welcome. Authors are responsible for acquiring related
visual images and the associated copyrights. For more information or to
submit a query, please contact Kevin John Bozelka ([log in to unmask]). All
submissions are due January 15, 2007.

The Velvet Light Trap is an academic, refereed journal of film and
television studies published semi-annually by University of Texas Press.
Issues are coordinated alternately by graduate students at the University
of Texas-Austin and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
After a prescreening, articles are anonymously refereed by specialist
readers of the journal's Editorial Advisory Board, which includes such
notable scholars as Charles Acland, David William Foster, Sean Griffin,
Bambi Haggins, Heather Hendershot, Charlie Keil, Dan Marcus, Nina Martin,
Joe McElhaney, Walter Metz, Jason Mittell, James Morrison, Steve Neale,
Karla Oeler, Lisa Parks, and Malcolm Turvey.

Please address submissions to:
The Velvet Light Trap
c/o The Department of Radio-Television-Film
University of Texas at Austin
CMA 6.118, Mail Code A0800

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