Introduction -- Film seriality and its serial uses : transition and beyond. seriality unbound -- Monopolizing episodic adventures -- Localizing serials, translating spectacle and daily life. American mysteries in France -- German spectacle from within -- Adjusting seriality in the Netherlands -- Confronting seriality in Europe and America -- Consuming new world views : American serials in Germany -- Minds that cannot condense : European serials in America -- Another time -- Overshooting in America -- Adjusting forms and diminishing uses -- Beyond the cliffhanger -- Appendix : overview of imported serial films.
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