Description
Japan has done marvelous things with cinema, giving the world the likes of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu. But cinema did not arrive in Japan fully formed at the end of the nineteenth century, nor was it simply adopted into an ages-old culture. Aaron Gerow explores the processes by which film was defined, transformed, and adapted during its first three decades in Japan. He focuses in particular on how one trend in criticism, the 'Pure Film Movement', changed not only the way films were made, but also how they were conceived. Looking closely at the work of critics, theorists, intellectuals, benshi artists, educators, police, and censors, Gerow finds that this trend established a way of thinking about cinema that would reign in Japan for much of the twentieth century.
About the Author
Aaron Gerow is Associate Professor of Japanese Cinema in the Film Studies Program and East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. He is the author of Kitano Takeshi, A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan, and Reference Guide to Japanese Film Studies, coauthored with Abe Mark Nornes.
Reviews
"The author offers not just a history of early Japanese cinema but also a history of Japanese film studies that describes the struggles to define cinema, control spectatorship, and articulate modernity." Choice "Remarkable for it breadth and precision." -- Alexander Jacoby Sight & Sound Magazine "The book has a wealth of information." -- Vili Maunula Akirakurosawa.info
Book Information
ISBN 9780520254565
Author Aaron Gerow
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm
About the Author
Aaron Gerow is Associate Professor of Japanese Cinema in the Film Studies Program and East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. He is the author of Kitano Takeshi, A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan, and Reference Guide to Japanese Film Studies, coauthored with Abe Mark Nornes.
Reviews
"The author offers not just a history of early Japanese cinema but also a history of Japanese film studies that describes the struggles to define cinema, control spectatorship, and articulate modernity." Choice "Remarkable for it breadth and precision." -- Alexander Jacoby Sight & Sound Magazine "The book has a wealth of information." -- Vili Maunula Akirakurosawa.info
Book Information
ISBN 9780520254565
Author Aaron Gerow
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm
