Rethinking Genre
Genre films are standardised stories defined by specific themes, plot patterns, characters or settings. They are created in respect to already existing films which are newly interpreted, varied, quoted or re-produced. They fulfil the need for classification and serve as film ‘label’ to create specific audience expectations. Mine is a very light-handed medical mystery in that there are few doctors involved and everything is kept more or less in layman’s terms. With no medical background at all, the characters must look after their very ill friend with only his apparent symptoms to guide them. However, medical mystery wasn’t on bookcountry’s genre list and I’ve never noticed a bookstore with such a section.
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