Rogue Waves, Remakes, and Resurrections: Allegorical Displacement and Screen Memory in Poseidon
2008; Routledge; Volume: 94; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00335630802422204
ISSN1479-5779
Autores Tópico(s)Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis
ResumoPoseidon, the 2006 remake of the Vietnam-era disaster film The Poseidon Adventure, functions rhetorically as a symptomatic response to the historical trauma(s) of 9/11, revising the narrative of its cinematic predecessor and producing a screen memory that marks the changed cultural and historical context that demanded its repetition in the first place. Operating in an allegorical register, Poseidon displaces traumatic memories of 9/11 and thus contributes to the repetition and rewriting of traumatic history in search of mastery over tragic loss.
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