To the Distant Observer

Basic Information

Title

To the Distant Observer

Subtitle

Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema

Parallel Title

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Country

국외

Production Date

1979-**-**

Language

영어

Size (mm)

178 x 248

Pages

387쪽

ISBN/ISSN

0859674916

Edition

초판

Master Files

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Producer

Noël Burch (저자), Annette Michelson (편저자), Scolar Press (발행처)

Description

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Contents

Contents

Foreword and Acknowledgements = 7 Preface = 11 Some Terminological Indications = 18 Part 1. Grounds, Premises 1. A System of Contradictions = 25 2. A System of Signs = 35 3. A Boundless Text = 42 Part 2. A Frozen Stream? 4. A Machine Appears = 57 5. A Parenthesis on Film History = 61 6. A Rule and its Ubiquity = 67 7. Bulwarks of Tradition = 75 Part 3. Cross-Currents 8. Transformational Modules = 89 9. Lines and Spaces = 93 10. The Fate of Alien Modes = 100 11. Displacements and Condensations = 110 12. Surface and Depth = 117 13. Kinugasa Teinosuke = 123 Part 4. Iron Trees, Golden Flowers 14. The Weight of History and Technology = 141 15. Some Remarks on the Genre Syndrome = 151 16. Ozu Yasujiro = 154 17. Naruse Mikio and Yamanaka Sadao = 186 18. On Architecture = 198 19. Ishida Tamizo = 202 20. Mizoguchi Kenji = 217 21. Shimizu Hiroshi and Some Others = 247 22. Epilogue to a Golden Age = 262 Part 5. A Chain is Broken 23. Film and 'Democracy' = 271 24. Kurosawa Akira = 291 Part 6. Post-Scriptum 25. Oshima Nagisa = 325 26. Independence: its Rewards and Penalties = 345 List of Works Consulted = 365 Appendix 1: Check-list of films by Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa and Oshima = 368 Appendix 2: Archive holdings in Japan: Japanese films produced before 1946 = 372 Publisher's Acknowledgements = 377 Index of Films = 378 Index of Names = 385

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