Immortal Films

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"Casablanca" and the Afterlife of a Hollywood Classic

By Barbara Klinger

Summary

Immortal Films by Barbara Klinger delves into the enduring legacy of Casablanca, one of Hollywood's most iconic romances. By drawing on archival materials, industry trade journals, and cultural commentary, the book traces the film's circulation across various platforms—including radio, repertory theatres, television, and video—from the 1940s to today. Klinger reframes the film’s reputation through the lens of evolving industrial, technological, media, and cultural contexts, offering fresh insights into its status as both a classic and a cult phenomenon.
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Ideal for readers interested in film history, cinema studies, and the cultural impact of Hollywood classics, especially those keen on exploring media transitions and the longevity of iconic films.

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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 on platforms that include radio, repertory houses, television, and video.

By resituating the film in the dynamically changing industrial, technological, media, 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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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520296473

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 27 b-w illustrations

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 499g

Pages: 368

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Arts & Culture Barbara Klinger Non-Fiction

About the Author

Barbara Klinger is Provost Professor Emerita in the Media School at Indiana University. She is the author of Melodrama and Meaning: History, Culture, and the Films of Douglas Sirk and Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home.