Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Paratexts and the Commercial Promotion of Film Authorship : James Wan and Saw
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'This article discusses one way Malaysian-Australian James Wan (b. 1977-) (1) can be considered or constructed as an author. Wan is best known for the film Saw (2004), which he co-wrote with Leigh Whannell (2). Saw was made for around $US1.2 million but grossed just over $US103 million worldwide at the box office (3). Saw also turned out to be the first instalment in a seven-part series. Wan and Whannell have both claimed that they did not make Saw with the intention of producing a sequel, even though at the end of the film the criminal mastermind John Kramer (aka Jigsaw, played by Tobin Bell) escapes leaving one of his victims, Adam Stanheight (Leigh Whannell), locked in an industrial bathroom. In what would become an iconic moment for the film series Kramer turns off the lights and closes the room’s large sliding door saying to Stanheight “Game Over” (not only is this scene directly referenced at the end of Saw: The Final Chapter [2010], but the idea of playing a “game” is developed in various ways across the series)...' (From Author's introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Senses of Cinema no. 69 December 2013 6848453 2013 periodical issue 2013 Section: Contemporary Australian Filmmakers Dossier
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  • Saw Leigh Whannell , James Wan , 2004 single work film/TV
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