The “tragic” pleasure in re-viewing a film: the spectator superior knowledge in second viewings, remakes, flash-backs and film adaptations of true events

Abstract

This paper analyses the tragic trace that exists in the viewing of remakes, presequels, adaptations of true events, flash-backs and when the spectator realizes a second viewing of some films. The aim of this article is to study the reception of this kind of movies, taking into account the context and, specially, the previous information that the spectator has about the film. A tragic trace that in part comes from the stylistic procedures used by the director, but that can also proceed from extradiegetic elements or narratives games proposed by the spectator, that the director never could suspect, or that are not a priority aim at the moment of making the film.