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Chapter Two
Brett Ballard-Beach
Chapter Two
Brett Ballard-Beach
The Fine Art of the Sequel...2
The music swells, the credits rolls, the revenue racks up. What's often next? A sequel! And it has to be just right: not too derivative, not too original. Film historian Brett Ballard-Beach examines the cinematic tradition of the sequel, in a collection of witty, incisive reviews and analyses.
A sequel stands between a mere film and the holy grail of Hollywood, a franchise. Why do some sequels bloom into franchises, while others do not? Why do some sequels outperform their predecessors? And when is a sequel not really a sequel?
From blockbusters like Beverly Hills Cop II and Exorcist II, to lesser-known "cult films" like Curse of the Cat People and Shogun Assassin, Ballard-Beach surveys the past several decades of filmmaking in search of some of the best--and some of the worst--sequels ever made.
The movie's over...and the movie has just begun.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 14, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9781683902737 |
Publishers | Pulp Hero Press |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 10 mm · 226 g |
Language | English |
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