Hugo, Remediation, and the Cinema of Attractions, or, The Adaptation of Hugo Cabret Jennifer Clement and Christian B. Long July 2012 Feature Articles It’s obvious that Martin Scorsese’s movie Hugo (2011) showcases its director’s great love of cinema and cinema history. Less obvious, perhaps, is the film’s love of books. Hugo adapts Brian Selznick’s bestselli...
The Death of Film and the Hollywood Response Andrew Gilbert April 2012 Feature Articles Could all of this year’s major Oscar nominated films be read as allegories of the end of the “celluloid” era? Andrew Gilbert argues that, collectively, their narratives reflect certain anxieties about the post-celluloid age of filmmaking.
