Contemporary Musical Film / / K. J. Donnelly, Beth Carroll.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Donnelly, K. J.,; Carroll, Beth,
• MitwirkendeR: Baschiera, Stefano,; Brown, Geena,; Bunch, Ryan,; Carroll, Beth,; Decker, Todd,; Donnelly, K. J.,; Dubowsky, Jack Curtis,; Fremaux, Stephanie,; Hatch, Craig,; Haworth, Catherine,; Sapiro, Ian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Music and the Moving Image : MMI
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 12 B/W illustrations

A reassessment of the film musical post-2000Since 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 RockSchool of RockRock of AgesRomance & CigarettesFrozenLes MiserablesMamma Mia!Fast and the Furious franchiseAcross the UniverseThe Happiness of the KatakurisO Brother, Where art Thou?Kill Bill: Volume 1Team America: World Police

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION: REIMAGINING THE CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- PART ONE. ORIGINAL MUSICALS -- 1 AESTHETIC ABSURDITIES IN TAKASHI MIIKE’S THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS -- 2 FILM AND THE TWILIGHT OF ROCK (ROCK IS DEAD AND FILM KILLED IT): POST-MILLENNIAL ROCK MUSICALS -- 3 TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE: DUPLICITOUS VOICES OF THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SPY MUSICAL -- 4 THE ANTI-MUSICAL OR GENERIC AFFINITY: IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO SAY? -- 5 ‘IS THIS REAL ENOUGH FOR YOU?’: LYRICAL ARTICULATION OF THE BEATLES’ SONGS IN ACROSS THE UNIVERSE -- 6 ‘LOVE IS AN OPEN DOOR’: REVISING AND REPEATING DISNEY’S MUSICAL TROPES IN FROZEN -- PART TWO STAGE TO SCREEN -- 7 STAR QUALITY? SONG, CELEBRITY AND THE JUKEBOX MUSICAL IN MAMMA MIA! -- 8 BEYOND THE BARRICADE: ADAPTING LES MISÉRABLES FOR THE CINEMA -- PART THREE. MUSICALS BY ANOTHER NAME -- 9 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?: THE COEN BROTHERS AND THE MUSICAL GENRE CONTAMINATION -- 10 RACING IN THE BEAT: MUSIC IN THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE -- 11 KILL BILL: QUENTIN TARANTINO AS A MUSICAL FILMMAKER -- INDEX