Cult Media: Re-packaged, Re-released and Restored
- Submitting institution
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University of Greenwich
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 20025
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1007/978-3-319-63679-5
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN
- 9783319636788
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
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- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This volume brings together writing on the topic of home media, and in particular releases described as appealing to 'cult' fans and audiences. Despite popular assumptions to the contrary, the distributors of physical media maintain a vivid presence in the digital age. Perhaps more so than any other category of film or media, this is especially the case with titles considered 'cult' and its related processes of distribution and exhibition. The chapters in this collection chart such uses and definitions of 'cult', ranging from home media re- releases to promotional events, film screenings, file-sharing and the exploitation of established fan communities. This book will be of interest to the ever-growing number of academics and research students that are specializing in studies of cult cinema and fan practices, as well as professionals (filmmakers, journalists, promoters) who are familiar with these types of films. This book, and DVD, Blu-ray and Beyond, were proposed after a successful symposium hosted in 2015 (by Dr Wroot), which explored home media distribution. The case studies presented clearly represented cult/niche industry practices and consumption trends, as well as examples of broader trends within mainstream audience shifts and corporate practices. Dr Wroot and Dr Willis sought to contact academics willing to write chapters following their presentations, and found there were enough proposals for two collections. The completed volume explores questions such as 'what is cult media?' and 'what are the different forms it can take, through industry?' Within this collection, my own chapter highlights the repeated efforts made by distributors to re-release the film Battle Royale (2000) in the UK every few years – showing the dedicated audience for this film, and how such a cult following can be monetised.
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- Non-English
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