{"product_id":"immortal-films-9780520296459","title":"Immortal Films","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCasablanca 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A terrific new book.\" * Critical Inquiry *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Cultural Biography of a Film\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 • Listening to Casablanca: Radio Adaptations and Sonic Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e 2 • Back in Theaters: Postwar Repertory Houses and Cult Cinema\u003cbr\u003e 3 • Everyday Films: Broadcast Television, Reruns, and Canonizing Old Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e 4 • Movie Valentines: Holiday Cult and the Romantic Canon in VHS Video Culture\u003cbr\u003e 5 • Happy Anniversaries: Classic Cinema on DVD\/Blu-ray in the Conglomerate Age\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Streaming Casablanca and Afterthoughts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Casablanca’s First Appearances on US Platforms\/Formats\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Casablanca’s Physical-Format Video Rereleases\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402898350423,"sku":"9780520296459","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520296459.jpg?v=1730481803","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/immortal-films-9780520296459","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}