Groundhog Day

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<p><i>Groundhog Day</i> (1993), directed by Harold?Ramis and starring Bill?Murray, is widely regarded as one of the most original and enduring films of 1990s Hollywood. What begins as a high-concept romantic comedy about a cynical television weatherman forced to repeatedly relive the same day soon deepens into a tale of despair and renewal, coloured by existential unease and the spirit of Samuel?Beckett.<br>In this engaging study, Ryan?Gilbey traces the film's unlikely journey from Danny?Rubin's speculative script, centred on a man condemned to eternity in a small town, to its transformation into a studio classic. Drawing on fresh interviews with Rubin, Gilbey explores the inspired casting of Murray and Andie?MacDowell, the film's quietly radical structure, and the delicate balance between comedy and melancholy that gives <i>Groundhog Day</i> its lasting power.<br>This new edition includes an afterword in which Gilbey reflects on the film's continuing cultural impact, its themes of repetition and despair assuming fresh resonance in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic with its cycle of lockdown and re-opening. He considers <i>Groundhog Day's</i> influence on movies and television from <i>Source Code </i>(2011) and <i>Edge of Tomorrow </i>(2014) to <i>Russian Doll</i> (2019-2022) and <i>I?May?Destroy?You </i>(2020), as well as the 2016 stage musical based on the movie. <i>Groundhog Day</i>, Gilbey argues, has become more than a film; it is now a lens through which we examine repetition, transformation and the rhythms of contemporary life.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781839029806

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

188 x 135 x 8 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Bloomsbury Academic