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Killers, Clients and Kindred Spirits - The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura (Paperback): Lindsay Coleman, David Desser Killers, Clients and Kindred Spirits - The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura (Paperback)
Lindsay Coleman, David Desser
R865 R771 Discovery Miles 7 710 Save R94 (11%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The only Japanese director to have won the Palme d'Or from Cannes more than once, and second only to Ozu Yasujiro in the number of times he has won the prestigious Kinema Jumpo Best One award, the late Imamura Shohei was one of Japan's leading and most controversial film directors. This book is one of the first to study all of Imamura's major films alongside his television and theatrical documentaries, focusing on his major themes and concerns. By giving shape to Imamura's career, the book positions him as a stylistic innovator as well as an ethnographic investigator into Japanese culture and tradition; the preeminent examiner of the hidden, barely repressed underpinnings of Japanese society.

An Introduction to Film Genres (Paperback): Lester Friedman, David Desser, Sarah Kozloff, Martha Nochimson, Stephen Prince An Introduction to Film Genres (Paperback)
Lester Friedman, David Desser, Sarah Kozloff, Martha Nochimson, Stephen Prince
R1,074 Discovery Miles 10 740 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

An Introduction to Film Genres, written by leading film scholars specifically for undergraduates who are new to the study of film, provides an introduction that helps students see thirteen film genres in a new light---to help them identify the themes, iconography, and distinctive stylistic traits of each genre.

Alien Zone II - The Spaces of Science Fiction Cinema (Paperback): Annette Kuhn Alien Zone II - The Spaces of Science Fiction Cinema (Paperback)
Annette Kuhn; Contributions by Barry Keith Grant, Brooks Landon, Catherine Constable, Claudia Springer, …
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Science fiction, more than any other film genre, allows cinema to exhibit its own distinctive matters of expression. Whether these be the state-of-the-art special effects technologies of "2001: A Space Odyssey," or the symbolic imagery of ruined cityscapes in "Blade Runner," they allow the spectator to experience the totality of the audiovisual thrill.
While this remains in many ways the core defining feature of the genre, recent trends in the study of science fiction cinema have seen a shift of focus away from the specifically cinematic towards the more broadly cultural. New technologies of communication and vision, revolutionary developments in the delivery and reception of moving-image media, the increasing importance of the notion of space: all are forcing new and different ways of thinking about the genre.
"Alien Zone II" presents some of the most exciting new voices in the current debates. A companion volume to "Alien Zone," it continues to pursue the critical and theoretical issues opened up in the earlier book and energetically explores fresh territory with an eye which is both reflective and interventionist: visionary cities, psycho-cybernetics, internet fandom, the convergence of science fiction literature and science action film, the body and its limits are just some of the subjects brought under its gaze.

Killers, Clients and Kindred Spirits - The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura (Hardcover): Lindsay Coleman, David Desser Killers, Clients and Kindred Spirits - The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura (Hardcover)
Lindsay Coleman, David Desser
R2,629 Discovery Miles 26 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The only Japanese director to have won the Palme d'Or from Cannes more than once, and second only to Ozu Yasujiro in the number of times he has won the prestigious Kinema Jumpo Best One award, the late Imamura Shohei was one of Japan's leading and most controversial film directors. This book is one of the first to study all of Imamura's major films alongside his television and theatrical documentaries, focusing on his major themes and concerns. By giving shape to Imamura's career, the book positions him as a stylistic innovator as well as an ethnographic investigator into Japanese culture and tradition; the preeminent examiner of the hidden, barely repressed underpinnings of Japanese society.

Eros Plus Massacre - An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema (Paperback): David Desser Eros Plus Massacre - An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema (Paperback)
David Desser
R645 Discovery Miles 6 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The decade of the 1960s encompassed a "New Wave" of films whose makers were rebels, challenging cinematic traditions and the culture at large. The films of the New Wave in Japan have, until now, been largely overlooked. Eros plus Massacre (taking its title from a 1969 Yoshida Yoshishige film) is the first major study devoted to the examination and explanation of Japanese New Wave film.

Desser organizes his volume around the defining motifs of the New Wave. Chapters examine in depth such themes as youth, identity, sexuality, and women, as they are revealed in the Japanese film of the sixties. Desser's research in Japanese film archives, his interviews with major figures of the movement, and his keen insight into Japanese culture combine to offer a solid and balanced analysis of films by Oshima, Shinoda, Imamura, Yoshida, Suzuki, and others.

The Cinema of Hong Kong - History, Arts, Identity (Paperback, New Ed): Poshek Fu, David Desser The Cinema of Hong Kong - History, Arts, Identity (Paperback, New Ed)
Poshek Fu, David Desser
R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Cinema of Hong Kong examines one of the most popular and dynamic cinema traditions in the history of film. Providing an overview of major directors, genres and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines Hong Kong cinema in transnational, historical, and artistic contexts. Individual essays focus on Hong Kong cinema before and during World War II; the cinema of the turbulent 1960s; its rise to world prominence in the 1970s and its reception in the United States, and the revival of Cantonese cinema, among other topics.

The Cinema of Hong Kong - History, Arts, Identity (Hardcover): Poshek Fu, David Desser The Cinema of Hong Kong - History, Arts, Identity (Hardcover)
Poshek Fu, David Desser
R2,316 Discovery Miles 23 160 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Cinema of Hong Kong examines one of the most popular and dynamic cinema traditions in the history of film. Providing an overview of major directors, genres and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines Hong Kong cinema in transnational, historical, and artistic contexts. Individual essays focus on Hong Kong cinema before and during World War II; the cinema of the turbulent 1960s; its rise to world prominence in the 1970s and its reception in the United States, and the revival of Cantonese cinema, among other topics.

Cinematic Landscapes - Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinema of China and Japan (Paperback, illustrated edition): Linda C.... Cinematic Landscapes - Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinema of China and Japan (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Linda C. Ehrlich, David Desser
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

China and Japan both have traditional art forms that have been highly developed and long studied. In these original essays, noted film and art scholars explore how the spatial consciousness, compositional techniques, and construction of images in these traditional and modern art forms also inform filmmaking in the two countries, so that film and art share the same culturally defined "methods of seeing."

This first major study of the relationship between Chinese and Japanese art and film brings together writers from the United States, Europe, Australia, China, and Japan, including Japan's well-known film critic Sato Tadao and Beijing Film Academy's Ni Zhen, screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated film Raise the Red Lantern. The essays discuss the influence of the traditional arts, including scroll painting and printmaking, on Chinese and Japanese cinema and demonstrate that national cinemas cannot be completely understood without considering their indigenous traditions.

Small Cinemas in Global Markets - Genres, Identities, Narratives (Hardcover): Jose Claudio Siqueira Castanheira, David Desser,... Small Cinemas in Global Markets - Genres, Identities, Narratives (Hardcover)
Jose Claudio Siqueira Castanheira, David Desser, Catherine Douillet, Janina Falkowska, Catalina Florina Florescu, …
R4,235 Discovery Miles 42 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Small Cinemas in Global Markets addresses aspects such as identity, revisiting the past, internationalized genres, new forms of experimental cinema, markets and production, as well as technological developments of alternative small screens that open new perspectives into small cinema possibilities. Small and big markets for small industries reveal an unimagined diversification of the cultural product and consequently the need to analyze the impact at local, regional, and global levels. Much needed to continue and expand the existing scholarship in the field, this volume is based on research by authors who approach their subject from Western theoretical perspectives with a professional (mostly native) knowledge of the language, cultural realities, and film industry practices. It covers aspects from fifteen different countries, including Bolivia, Brazil, China (Hong Kong), Croatia, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), Greece, Indonesia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Morocco, and the United States. Since both film and documentary distribution from certain areas of the globe on international markets remains problematic, it is important for the academic field to discuss and circulate them as much as possible, and to create the basis for further exploration. Documenting and reflecting on the role, state, and reception of the film industry provides scholarly understanding to the industry's wide range of seemingly chaotic technological transformations.

Ozu's Tokyo Story (Hardcover, New): David Desser Ozu's Tokyo Story (Hardcover, New)
David Desser
R2,503 Discovery Miles 25 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ozu's Tokyo Story is generally regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Universal in its appeal, it is also considered to be 'particularly Japanese'. Exploring its universality and cultural specificity, this collection of specially commissioned essays demonstrates the multiple planes on which the film may be appreciated. The introduction outlines Ozu's career as both a contract director of a major studio and as a singular figure in Japanese film history, and also analyses the director's cinematic style, particularly his narrative strategies and spatial compositions. Other essays situate Ozu's cinema in its relationship to Hollywood film-making: his relationship to aspects of Japanese tradition, situating the film within artistic modes, religious systems and beliefs, and socio-cultural and familial formations. Also included is an analysis of how Ozu has been misunderstood in Western criticism.

Ozu's Tokyo Story (Paperback, New): David Desser Ozu's Tokyo Story (Paperback, New)
David Desser
R531 R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Save R92 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ozu's Tokyo Story is generally regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Universal in its appeal, it is also considered to be 'particularly Japanese'. Exploring its universality and cultural specificity, this collection of specially commissioned essays demonstrates the multiple planes on which the film may be appreciated. The introduction outlines Ozu's career as both a contract director of a major studio and as a singular figure in Japanese film history, and also analyses the director's cinematic style, particularly his narrative strategies and spatial compositions. Other essays situate Ozu's cinema in its relationship to Hollywood film-making: his relationship to aspects of Japanese tradition, situating the film within artistic modes, religious systems and beliefs, and socio-cultural and familial formations. Also included is an analysis of how Ozu has been misunderstood in Western criticism.

Divided Lenses - Screen Memories of War in East Asia (Paperback): Michael Berry, Chiho Sawada Divided Lenses - Screen Memories of War in East Asia (Paperback)
Michael Berry, Chiho Sawada; Contributions by David Desser, Aaron Gerow, Eric Hayot, …
R938 R880 Discovery Miles 8 800 Save R58 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia is the first attempt to explore how the tumultuous years between 1931 and 1953 have been recreated and renegotiated in cinema. This period saw traumatic conflicts such as the Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific War, and the Korean War, and pivotal events such as the Rape of Nanjing, Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Iwo Jima, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, all of which left a lasting imprint on East Asia and the world. By bringing together a variety of specialists in the cinemas of East Asia and offering divergent yet complementary perspectives, the book explores how the legacies of war have been reimagined through the lens of film. This turbulent era opened with the Mukden Incident of 1931, which signaled a new page in Japanese militaristic aggression in East Asia, and culminated with the Korean War (1950–1953), a protracted conflict that broke out in the wake of Japan's post–World War II withdrawal from Korea. Divided Lenses explores the ways in which events of the intervening decades have continued to shape politics and popular culture throughout East Asia and the world. The essays in part I examine historical trends at work in various ""national"" cinemas, including China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the United States. Those in part 2 focus on specific themes present in the cinema portraying this period—such as comfort women in Chinese film, the Nanjing Massacre, or nationalism—and how they have been depicted or renegotiated in contemporary films. Of particular interest are contributions drawing from other forms of screen culture, such as television and video games. Divided Lenses builds on the growing interest in East Asian cinema by examining how these historic conflicts have been imagined, framed, and revisited through the lens of cinema and screen culture. It will interest later generations living in the shadow of these events, as well as students and scholars in the fields of cinema studies, cultural studies, cold war studies, and World War II history.

Hollywood Goes Shopping (Paperback): David Desser Hollywood Goes Shopping (Paperback)
David Desser; Contributions by Garth S. Jowett
R655 Discovery Miles 6 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Aggressive product placement and retail tie-ins are as much a part of moviemaking today as high-concept scripts and computer-generated special effects, but this phenomenon is hardly recent. Since the silent era, Hollywood studios have proved remarkably adept at advertising both their own products and a bewildering variety of consumer commodities, successfully promoting the idea of consumption itself. Hollywood Goes Shopping brings together leading film studies scholars to explore the complex and sometimes contradictory relationship between American cinema and consumer culture, providing an innovative reading of both film history and the evolution of consumerism in the twentieth century.

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