Remakes, Reconstructions and Interpretations
October 11 - 22, 2010
The Reinberger Galleries, The Cleveland Institute of Art
11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Film remakes challenge the notions of authorship, authenticity and originality. Like adaptations, they are rereading a prior text, involve structural repetition, and use the concept of translation. Translations and remakes constitute the afterlife of an original text; the translator becomes a willing collaborator to another writer/filmmaker. A film remake participates in the inter-textual discussion; postmodern theories seemingly lend themselves to an analysis of the remake. Films by Masha Godovannaya, Gregg Bierman, Mike Olenick, Barbara Lattanzi, Diana Nerwen and others.