Meta in Film and Television Series

In this impressive study Roche weaves together numerous strands of thought on the ‘meta’ and reflexive in cinema, television and media culture, with admirable clarity and focus. Full of insightful analysis of a diverse corpus of moving-image works – and engaging with important non-English language scholarship – this timely, indeed long　overdue, book will no doubt be a standard point of reference on a perennially fascinating topic. -- Daniel Yacavone, University of Edinburgh
The depth and breadth of Roche’s analysis of meta, the work around it, and the work that embodies it makes Meta in Film and Television Series a valuable work as both a study and a foundational text for future research. Roche’s command of a massive body of both the literature around metatext and the film and television series that employ it is impressive and an excellent resource for historical, production, and textual scholars in both film and television disciplines. -- Erin Giannini * Monstrum *
David Roche is one of the best film theorists. His Meta in Film and Television Series is the most comprehensive study dedicated to metacinema and metafilms. It is a crowning achievement dwelling with a considerable number of examples, always lightened by David Roche's free ruminative thought. -- Marc Cerisuelo, author of Hollywood à l'écran : les métafilms américains
Offers a thorough and comprehensive analysis of a concept that has become ubiquitous in both academic and popular discourse. It is an invaluable resource for film scholars who will appreciate the precision of Roche’s epistemological approach in the first part, film students who will marvel at the numerous hermeneutic applications of meta, and cinephiles/“seriephiles” who will commend the extensive knowledge Roche demonstrates and the fluidity of his writing. Erudite and complex while remaining accessible—a quality not all scholarly works possess. -- Julie Assouly * Miranda *