JAPANESE FILM DIRECTORS, Audie Bock

Judul/Title: Japanese Film Directors
Penulis/Author: Audie Bock
Penerbit/Publisher: Kodansha International LTD
Edisi/Edition: II/1990
Halaman/Pages: 378
Dimensi/Dimension: 15 x 21 x 3 cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: Indonesia
Kategori/Category: Sewa/Rent
Harga Jual/Sale Price: Rp.100.000,-

Call No.: 920/Boc/j/C.1
Status: Ada/Available

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Film buffs and specialists will welcome Audie Bock's Japanesse Film Directors as a fresh approach to one of the world's most fascinating cinemas. It is an in-depth study of ten important filmmakers, including Ozu, Kurosawa, and Oshima, whose careers and artistic vision represent the stages through which Japanese film history has progressed. A separate chapter is devoted to each director, and a detailed for a brief biography, a disscussion of main interests and visual style of the individual director, and a detailed analysis of the most significant film he has made, often illuminated by the director's own evaluation and comments. Each chapter includes a complete annotated filmography comprising succinct plot summaries, critical appraisal, and notes on the availabilityof prints in the United states and Japan. A unique feature of this book is the extensive use material based on the author's conversation with most of the directors.

Divided into three basically historical sections that group the directors roughly by age. Japanese Film Directors view the changing moods, attitudes, and concerns of the prewar 1930s, the postwar mid-1950's, and the late 1960s, reflected by each director's convictions about his work during these significant periods in the evolution of Japanese cinema. This new paperback edition includes updated filmographies coverinhg new films through the mid-1980s. Richly illustrated with one hundred-balck-and white stills from many of the films treated, Japanese Film Directors also provides a selected Japanese -and Western-languages bibliography.