Iluminace, 2012 (vol. 24), issue 3


Articles

"Black is In". Race and Genre in Early 1990s American Cinema

Peter Krämer

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):13-30  

The article analyses the factors that contributed to the 1990 boom in black cinema (films directed by African-American directors, cast with black actors and primarily intended for African-American audiences) and its rapid decline after 1991.

Family Resemblances. The Genericity of the Hollywood Sequel

Stuart Henderson

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):31-50  

The author presents the poetics of Hollywood sequels and addresses the question of the relationship between the genre and the sequel.

Genre, Domestic Distribution, and Audiences, 1935-1945. The Case of the Western

Andrea Comiskey

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):51-67  

An analysis of the domestic distribution of Hollywood westerns from the late 1930s to the early 1940s.

"Between Dreams and Reality". Genre Personae, Brand Elm Street, and Repackaging the American Teen Slasher Film

Richard Nowell

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):69-101  

The article introduces the concept of "genre persona".

Carry On, Cowboy. Roast Beef Westerns

Sheldon Hall

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):103-125  

A historical study of the various transformations of the western genre in an international context.

Interviews

Film Genre and the Industrial Mindset: More Work Needed. A Brief Exchange with Peter Hutchings

Richard Nowell

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):127-129  

An interview with Professor Peter Hutchings about the study of genres.

Horizon

Let's move towards self-colonization, let's occupy the non-places (Jana Dudková, Slovenský film v ére transkulturality)

Jaromír Blažejovský

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):135-137  

Review of the publication by Slovak theoretician Jana Dudkova: Slovak Film in the Era of Transculture.

"They've Seen the Impossible ... they've Lived the Incredible ...". Repackaging Czechoslovak Films for the US Market during the Cold War

Jindřiška Bláhová

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):138-143  

About the historical understanding of the practices of film distributors, the use of movie posters to "repackage" films for different markets, different audiences in different time periods, and the search for and manipulation of films imported from "hostile Czechoslovakia" in the second half of the 20th century, specifically on two Czech fantasy-adventure films, Invention of Destruction and Ikaria XB-1, which premiered in the US in 1961 and 1964. Documented on the movie posters of both films in the Czech version and the version for American distribution.

Cycles and Continuities. Understanding Media Convergence through Media History (Janet Staiger and Sabine Hake /eds./, Convergence Media History)

Gareth James

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):144-147  

Review of the publication Convergence Media History.

Ad Fontes

P.D.C.s.r.o. (1920-1955)

Jarmila Petrová

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):131-134  

Information about the formation and activities of P.D.C.s.r.o. (Producers Distributing Corporation Ltd.) in 1920-1955. The company was involved in the rental of films.

Appendix

The problem with sexploitation movies

Eric Schaefer

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):148-152  

An article dedicated to researching the history of sexploitation films and the problems the author had with this research.

Notes towards a theory of cyclical production and topicality in American film

Peter Stanfield

Iluminace 2012, 24(3):153-159  

Notes on the author's research on cycle theory and actuality in American films.