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Author: Kathleen Loock / University of Flensburg

Kathleen Loock holds a postdoc position in American Studies at the University of Flensburg (Germany), where she works as associate editor of the journal Amerikastudien / American Studies. Her research focuses on Hollywood’s remaking practice, seriality, and the role memory and cultural repetition perform on the levels of identity formation and for the maintenance of imagined communities. Kathleen is author of Kolumbus in den USA (Transcript-Verlag, 2014), co-editor of Film Remakes, Adaptations, and Fan Productions (with Constantine Verevis, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), and has edited several special issues: Serial Narratives (LWU: Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht, 2014), Exploring Film Seriality (Film Studies, with Frank Krutnik, 2017), and American TV Series Revivals (Television & New Media, 2018). Her video essay on Blade Runner 2049 was recently published in [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film & Image Studies 6.3 (2019), screened at the Besides the Screen Festival (Brazil) and the Adelio Ferrero Festival (Italy), and shortlisted for the Adelio Ferrero Award. Kathleen is currently finishing her book Hollywood Remaking (under contract with University of California Press).

Fatherhood and Franchise Revivals: The Curious Case of Harrison Ford
Kathleen Loock / Europa-Universität Flensburg

June 1, 2020 Kathleen Loock / University of Flensburg Leave a comment

Using Harrison Ford as a case study, Kathleen Loock examines the shifting role of aging male actors in blockbuster franchise sequels from hypermasculine hero to father.

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“Forever Young”: Digital De-Aging, Memory, and Nostalgia
Kathleen Loock / Europa-Universität Flensburg

April 6, 2020 Kathleen Loock / University of Flensburg 5 comments

Kathleen Loock explores the increasing use of digital de-aging in Hollywood cinema and how the phenomenon affects stars’ personas and audience memory and nostalgia.

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“The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”: Christmas Classics Old and New
Kathleen Loock / University of Flensburg

November 28, 2019 Kathleen Loock / University of Flensburg 4 comments

Kathleen Loock compares definitive Christmas classics It’s a Wonderful Life and Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel to contemporary holiday movie releases from Netflix, exploring how the streaming service is using the niche to create Christmas movies for a global audience.

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