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World Directors Ser.: Kitano Takeshi by Aaron Gerow (2007, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBfi Publishing
ISBN-101844571661
ISBN-139781844571666
eBay Product ID (ePID)60271304
Product Key Features
Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameKitano Takeshi
Publication Year2007
SubjectGlobalization, Film / Référence, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorAaron Gerow
SeriesWorld Directors Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.430233092
SynopsisExplores the issues of auteurship and stardom in the films of Kitano Takeshi especially as they relate to problems of personal and national identity in a Japan confronting an age of globalization. This book relates the director to issues of contemporary cinema, Japanese national identity, and globalism., The award-winning art filmHana-Bi,the stoic gangster elegySonatine,the surfer romanceA Scene at the Sea,the absurdist comedyGetting Any?,the entertainment samurai spectacleZatoichi- very different films made under one name, "Kitano Takeshi." Who is "Kitano Takeshi"?--an artistic auteur in the traditional sense, or a new kind of star who manages multiples identities, strategically changing them from film to film and situation to situation? This book will explore these issues of auteurship and stardom in the films of Kitano Takeshi, especially as they relate to problems of personal and national identity in a Japan confronting an age of globalization. Combining a detailed account of the situation in Japanese film and criticism with unique close analyses of Kitano's films fromViolent CoptoTakeshis,the author, a renowned expert on Japanese cinema relates the director to these key contemporary issues.
LC Classification NumberPN1998.3.K57G47 2007
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