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Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series
Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture
Book by Erb, Cynthia
238 pages, Paperback
First published July 30, 1998
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June 15, 2025
One of my schizoid reviews.
On the one hand, this is soaked in academese, and a lot of academic discussion as to different modes of interpreting films.
On the other hand, Erb's actual thoughts about King Kong are well, thoughtful. She discusses the film's role as not only a monster film but a jungle film, as well as the resemblanves with director/producer Meriam C. Cooper's earlier nature documentaries. Then there's discussion of the racial elements of the film, it's role as a 1950s monster movie when revived, and spinoffs and imitations.
A real slog to get through but not without substance.
On the one hand, this is soaked in academese, and a lot of academic discussion as to different modes of interpreting films.
On the other hand, Erb's actual thoughts about King Kong are well, thoughtful. She discusses the film's role as not only a monster film but a jungle film, as well as the resemblanves with director/producer Meriam C. Cooper's earlier nature documentaries. Then there's discussion of the racial elements of the film, it's role as a 1950s monster movie when revived, and spinoffs and imitations.
A real slog to get through but not without substance.
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