Films That Work Harder, The Circulation of Industrial Film

Year

2024

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-9-04853-781-5

Link

Last Update

16-Apr-2026

Keywords

Film Studies ; Communication Studies ; Engineering

Description

This book is unique in that it is a sequel. Academic publications do not usually have sequels. Sequels in the film industry limit novelty as much as possible to minimize risk, whereas in science, like in art, risk-taking is a virtue and relevance flows from originality and novelty. This book, however, departs from its predecessor, Films That Work,¹ not through minimal variation, but through what the language of management calls diversification and expansion. In business, diversification and expansion result from a quest for profit. This book has a different motivation: It reflects the conviction that the work which the first...