43 min

EFP 34: Romantic Comedies Edinburgh Film Podcast

    • Visual Arts

Kat Zabecka speaks to Mira Nemcikova and Rici Wenger, former MSc Film Studies students at the University of Edinburgh, about romantic comedies. They discuss You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron 1998), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (Andy Tennant 1998) and The Proposal (Anne Fletcher 2009). Please note this episode includes spoilers.Sources mentioned:Ruti, M., 2016. Feminist film theory and Pretty Woman. London: Bloomsbury PublishingShreiber, M., 2014. American Postfeminist Cinema: Women, Romance and Contemporary Culture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University PressVerevis, C., 2006. Film Remakes. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University PressThree Wishes for Cinderella (Vorlicek 1973)

Kat Zabecka speaks to Mira Nemcikova and Rici Wenger, former MSc Film Studies students at the University of Edinburgh, about romantic comedies. They discuss You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron 1998), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (Andy Tennant 1998) and The Proposal (Anne Fletcher 2009). Please note this episode includes spoilers.Sources mentioned:Ruti, M., 2016. Feminist film theory and Pretty Woman. London: Bloomsbury PublishingShreiber, M., 2014. American Postfeminist Cinema: Women, Romance and Contemporary Culture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University PressVerevis, C., 2006. Film Remakes. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University PressThree Wishes for Cinderella (Vorlicek 1973)

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