{"product_id":"the-fly-9781911325420","title":"The Fly","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's not often that a remake outshines its original but David Cronenberg's \"reimagining\" of \u003ci\u003eThe Fly\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) is one of those rare exceptions. Equal parts horror, science fiction, and romance, \u003ci\u003eThe Fly\u003c\/i\u003e takes the premise of its 1958 original--a man unintentionally fusing with a housefly during an experiment in teleportation--and reinterprets the plot as a gradual cellular metamorphosis between these two organisms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book teases out the intricate DNA of \u003ci\u003eThe Fly\u003c\/i\u003e and how it represents the personalities of many authors, including a distinguished history of Man-as-God tales stretching back to Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e (1818). Drawing from interviews with cast, crew, film commentators, and other filmmakers, Emma Westwood interlaces the \"making of\" travails of \u003ci\u003eThe Fly\u003c\/i\u003e with why it is one of the most important examples of master storytelling ever committed to screen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmma Westwood is a writer and film historian based in Melbourne, Australia. She contributes to a number of cinema journals, collaborates with film festivals, and appears weekly on the Plato's Cave film criticism show on the Melbourne radio station Triple R.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493211476242,"sku":"9781911325420","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_88b876c6-6c83-4539-a639-5e0500fca456.jpg?v=1730637166","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fly-9781911325420","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}